hintan-
German, prefix/hɪntˈʔan/
hintan- is spelled H-I-N-T-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hintan- is a German prefix meaning “farther rearwards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hintan- mean in English?
prefix
- 1
farther rearwards
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. an letzter Stelle/Position
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 hintan-
- hintenan variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hintan-?
- /hɪntˈʔan/
- [hɪntˈʔan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hintan- in German?
hintan- appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).