hin und wieder
[hɪn ʊnt ˈviːdɐ]
The verdict
“hin und wieder” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehr oder weniger oft, unterschiedlich häufig; in unregelmäßigen Abständen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hin-und-wieder · hin und wieder · German
hin und wieder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | hin und wieder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [hɪn ʊnt ˈviːdɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hin und wieder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hin und wieder is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [hɪn ʊnt ˈviːdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehr oder weniger oft, unterschiedlich häufig; in unregelmäßigen Abständen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hin und wieder, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hin und wieder, spelled H-I-N- -U-N-D- -W-I-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1mehr oder weniger oft, unterschiedlich häufig; in unregelmäßigen Abständen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hin und wieder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es kommt hin und wieder zu Verzögerungen in der Abwicklung der Aufträge.
This word in other languages
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.