hineinstecken
German, verb/hɪˈnaɪ̯nˌʃtɛkn̩/
hineinstecken is spelled H-I-N-E-I-N-S-T-E-C-K-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hineinstecken is a German verb meaning “to insert, plug in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in das Innere von etwas bringen, drücken”.
What does hineinstecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to insert, plug in
- 2
colloquialto put into (money, effort, time etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in das Innere von etwas bringen, drücken 2. einen bestimmten Aufwand treiben, um etwas zu erreichen
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 hineinstecken
- steckt hinein present singular third-person
- steckte hinein past
- stak hinein archaic past
- hineingesteckt participle past
- stäke hinein archaic past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- hineinsteckend participle present
- hineinzustecken infinitive infinitive-zu
- stecke hinein first-person indicative present
- stecken hinein first-person indicative plural
- steckst hinein indicative present second-person
- steckest hinein second-person singular subjunctive
- stecket hinein plural second-person subjunctive
- steckten hinein first-person indicative plural
- staken hinein archaic first-person indicative
- stäken hinein archaic first-person formal
- stecktest hinein indicative preterite second-person
- steck hinein! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hineinstecken?
- /hɪˈnaɪ̯nˌʃtɛkn̩/
- [hɪˈnaɪ̯nˌʃtɛkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hineinstecken in German?
hineinstecken appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).