hinfallen

[ˈhɪnˌfalən]

/[ˈhɪnˌfalən]/ verb

The verdict

“hinfallen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,359 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,359
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (mit Wucht) zu Boden, auf die Erde fallen

Corpus desk

Index DE-hinfallen · hinfallen · German

hinfallen · rank #69,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,359
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH himmlisches

Nearest frequency peer: himmlisches (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hinfallen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hinfallen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hinfallen
PropertyValue
Headwordhinfallen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhɪnˌfalən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,359
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hinfallen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).hinfallenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „himmlisches“ (#69,358), „hingeschickt“ (#69,360), „hinterlegten“ (#69,361). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hinfallen“ bei #69,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hinfallen is uncommon German at frequency #69,359 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɪnˌfalən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for hinfallen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hinfallen, spelled H-I-N-F-A-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (mit Wucht) zu Boden, auf die Erde fallen
  2. 2
    sich vor jemandem auf die Knie werfen
  3. 3
    auf den Boden, die Erde fallen; nach unten fallen
  4. 4
    hinfällig werden; nicht mehr in Betracht kommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hinfallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Beim Eintritt wäre er fast hingefallen, denn hinter der Tür war noch eine Stufe.“
  2. „Trotzdem weiß Malina es, und ich bitte ihn, während ich, an ihn gekrampft, auf und ab renne in der Wohnung, mich niederfallen lasse, wieder aufstehe, mir das Hemd aufmache, mich wieder hinfallen lasse, denn ich verliere den Verstand, es kommt über mich, ich verliere den Verstand, ich bin ohne Trost, ich werde wahnsinnig, aber Malina sagt noch einmal: […]“

Synonyms

hinstürzenstürzenzu Fall kommenniederstürzenhinfliegenhinknallensich hinlegenhinsausenhinhauenhinschmierenniederfallenzu Sturz kommenniederfallenherunterfallenhinsausendahinfallen

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hinfallen"?
"hinfallen" is spelled H-I-N-F-A-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪnˌfalən].
What does "hinfallen" mean?
As a verb, "hinfallen" means: (mit Wucht) zu Boden, auf die Erde fallen
How do you pronounce "hinfallen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hinfallen" is [ˈhɪnˌfalən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hinfallen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list