Hinterbliebene
German, noun[hɪntɐˈbliːbənə]
Hinterbliebene is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-B-L-I-E-B-E-N-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterbliebene is a German feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Hinterbliebener” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Angehörige eines Verstorbenen, eine ihm nahestehende, weibliche Person”.
What does Hinterbliebene mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Hinterbliebener
noun
- 1
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 2
weak nominative singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliche Angehörige eines Verstorbenen, eine ihm nahestehende, weibliche Person
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 Hinterbliebene
- die Hinterbliebene definite nominative
- Hinterbliebener genitive
- der Hinterbliebenen definite genitive
- die Hinterbliebenen definite plural
- Hinterbliebenen dative plural strong
- den Hinterbliebenen dative plural
- eine Hinterbliebene nominative singular
- keine Hinterbliebenen nominative plural
- einer Hinterbliebenen genitive singular
- keiner Hinterbliebenen genitive plural
- keinen Hinterbliebenen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hinterbliebene?
- [hɪntɐˈbliːbənə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hinterbliebene in German?
Hinterbliebene appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).