hindern
German, verb/ˈhɪndɐn/
hindern is spelled H-I-N-D-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hindern is a German verb meaning “to impede, hinder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewirken, dass das Besagte nicht geschieht”.
What does hindern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impede, hinder
- 2
to prevent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bewirken, dass das Besagte nicht geschieht 2. für be- oder verhindern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hindern
- hindert present singular third-person
- hinderte past
- gehindert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hindernd participle present
- hindre first-person indicative present
- hindere first-person indicative present
- hinder first-person indicative present
- hinderst indicative present second-person
- hinderest second-person singular subjunctive
- hindrest second-person singular subjunctive
- hinderet plural second-person subjunctive
- hindret plural second-person subjunctive
- hinderten first-person indicative plural
- hindertest indicative preterite second-person
- hindertet indicative plural preterite
- hindere! imperative singular
- hinder! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hindern?
- /ˈhɪndɐn/
- [ˈhɪndɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hindern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hindern in German?
hindern appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).