hereinlegen
[hɛˈʁaɪ̯nˌleːɡn̩]
The verdict
“hereinlegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person täuschen (beispielsweise durch einen Trick) und damit schädigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hereinlegen · hereinlegen · German
hereinlegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hereinlegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁaɪ̯nˌleːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hereinlegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hereinlegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁaɪ̯nˌleːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hereinlegen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hereinlegen, spelled H-E-R-E-I-N-L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Person täuschen (beispielsweise durch einen Trick) und damit schädigen
- 2einen Gegenstand in etwas (beispielsweise in eine Schublade / ein Postfach / einen Koffer) legen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hereinlegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Robert macht keinen Hehl daraus, dass er Momo und Nico hereingelegt hat.“
[Fußball-WM 2018 in Russland:] „Nach der Ankunft der Nigerianer in Moskau erkannten sie schnell, dass sie hereingelegt worden sind. […] Viele Rückflugtickets sollen, nach Ansicht der Nichtregierungsorganisation, gefälscht sein.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.