hinlegen
German, verb/ˈhɪnleːɡn̩/
hinlegen is spelled H-I-N-L-E-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinlegen is a German verb meaning “to put down, lay down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas an einen bestimmten Ort legen, nicht mehr tragen”.
What does hinlegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put down, lay down
- 2
to lie down
Du darfst dich hinlegen.
- 3
colloquialto pull, to pull off, to bust (a move, an acrobatic feat)
- 4
colloquialto fall down
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas an einen bestimmten Ort legen, nicht mehr tragen 2. schlafen oder sich ausruhen gehen 3. eindrucksvoll, mit Können darbieten 4. bezahlen
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 hinlegen
- legt hin present singular third-person
- legte hin past
- hingelegt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hinlegend participle present
- hinzulegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lege hin first-person indicative present
- legen hin first-person indicative plural
- legst hin indicative present second-person
- legest hin second-person singular subjunctive
- leget hin plural second-person subjunctive
- legten hin first-person indicative plural
- legtest hin indicative preterite second-person
- legtet hin indicative plural preterite
- lege hin! imperative singular
- legt hin! imperative plural
- hingelegt haben active infinitive perfect
- hingelegt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinlegen?
- /ˈhɪnleːɡn̩/
- /ˈhɪnleːɡən/
- [ˈhɪnˌleːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hinlegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinlegen in German?
hinlegen appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).