hinstrecken
German, verb[ˈhɪnˌʃtʁɛkŋ̩]
hinstrecken is spelled H-I-N-S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinstrecken is a German verb meaning “to stretch out, to hold out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hinstrecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stretch out, to hold out
- 2
to loll
- 3
to extend, to take (time)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hinstrecken
- streckt hin present singular third-person
- streckte hin past
- hingestreckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hinstreckend participle present
- hinzustrecken infinitive infinitive-zu
- strecke hin first-person indicative present
- strecken hin first-person indicative plural
- streckst hin indicative present second-person
- streckest hin second-person singular subjunctive
- strecket hin plural second-person subjunctive
- streckten hin first-person indicative plural
- strecktest hin indicative preterite second-person
- strecktet hin indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinstrecken?
- [ˈhɪnˌʃtʁɛkŋ̩]
- [ˈhɪnˌʃtʁɛkən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinstrecken in German?
hinstrecken appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).