hinfliegen

[ˈhɪnˌfliːɡn̩]

/[ˈhɪnˌfliːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“hinfliegen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,764 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,764
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich durch die Luft zu einem Ziel bewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-hinfliegen · hinfliegen · German

hinfliegen · rank #75,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,764
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hiltrud

Nearest frequency peer: Hiltrud (-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 „hinfliegen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hinfliegen
PropertyValue
Headwordhinfliegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhɪnˌfliːɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#75,764
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hinfliegen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hinfliegenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hiltrud“ (#75,763), „Hobart“ (#75,765), „hochentwickelte“ (#75,766). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hinfliegen“ bei #75,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hinfliegen is uncommon German at frequency #75,764 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɪnˌfliːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

hinfliegen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hinfliegen, spelled H-I-N-F-L-I-E-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich durch die Luft zu einem Ziel bewegen
  2. 2
    über eine bestimmte Stelle auf dem Boden fliegen
  3. 3
    etwas (meist mit Flugzeugen) zu einem Ziel transportieren
  4. 4
    rasch verstreichen
  5. 5
    sich rasch über/zu etwas hinbewegen
  6. 6
    (meist überraschend) auf den Boden fallen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „»Dennoch bin ich seit 2017 nirgendwo mehr hingeflogen und habe mich 2019 verpflichtet, überhaupt nicht mehr zu fliegen. So geht es halt nicht mehr, das ist vorbei.«“
  2. „Die Welt ist klein? Nur weil wir ins Flugzeug steigen und überall hinfliegen können?“

Synonyms

dahinfliegenauf die Nase fliegenhinfallenhinknallen

Antonyms

zurückfliegen

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 "hinfliegen"?
"hinfliegen" is spelled H-I-N-F-L-I-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪnˌfliːɡn̩].
What does "hinfliegen" mean?
As a verb, "hinfliegen" means: sich durch die Luft zu einem Ziel bewegen
How do you pronounce "hinfliegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hinfliegen" is [ˈhɪnˌfliːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hinfliegen" come from?
"hinfliegen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list