hint
[hɪnt]
The verdict
“hint” is uncommon German (frequency #55,412 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,412
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf der abgewandten, nicht einsehbaren oder zurückliegenden Seite; dort (in dem Abschnitt, Teil; auf der Seite) in einer bestimmten (größeren) Entfernung gelegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hint · hint · German
hint · rank #55,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,412
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hinreichenden
Nearest frequency peer: hinreichenden (-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 „hint“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hinreichend…
hinreichenden
44,590 corpus weight
- hint
hint
44,589 corpus weight
- Hinterlasse…
Hinterlassenschaften
44,588 corpus weight
- Hintermänner
Hintermänner
44,587 corpus weight
- hochgehalten
hochgehalten
44,586 corpus weight
- Holdings
Holdings
44,585 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hint“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hint |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [hɪnt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hint“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hint is uncommon German at frequency #55,412 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [hɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf der abgewandten, nicht einsehbaren oder zurückliegenden Seite; dort (in dem Abschnitt, Teil; auf der Seite) in einer bestimmten (größeren) Entfernung gelegen".
Zero misspellings are on record for hint in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hint, spelled H-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1auf der abgewandten, nicht einsehbaren oder zurückliegenden Seite; dort (in dem Abschnitt, Teil; auf der Seite) in einer bestimmten (größeren) Entfernung gelegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wo er hin wär? «Da hint ums Eck! Was woaß i!»“
„Der Ehemann: ‚Wia i so mit meiner rotn Badehosn durchs Bad ganga bin, hat ma a Herr nachgruafn: »Sie habn hint a Loch in der Hosn!« […]‘“.
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.
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