hinkünftig
[ˈhɪnˌkʏnftɪç]
The verdict
“hinkünftig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - künftig, zukünftig
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinkunftig · hinkünftig · German
hinkünftig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hinkünftig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɪnˌkʏnftɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hinkünftig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hinkünftig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɪnˌkʏnftɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "künftig, zukünftig".
hinkünftig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hinkünftig, spelled H-I-N-K-Ü-N-F-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1künftig, zukünftig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinkünftig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die hinkünftige Nutzung des Gebäudes ist noch nicht geklärt.
„Dass der [Beschwerdeführer] jedoch tatsächlich eine auch hinkünftige Gefährdung der öffentlichen Sicherheit darstellen würde, wäre ausreichend konkretisiert nicht abgeklärt und festgestellt worden.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.