Hinkunft
German, noun[ˈhɪnˌkʊnft]
Hinkunft is spelled H-I-N-K-U-N-F-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinkunft is a German feminine noun meaning “future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die kommende Zeit”.
What does Hinkunft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefuture
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die kommende Zeit 2. das Erreichen eines Ortes
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 Hinkunft
- Hinkünfte plural
- Hinkünften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hinkunft?
- [ˈhɪnˌkʊnft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hinkunft in German?
Hinkunft appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).