Hinterbliebener
German, noun[hɪntɐˈbliːbənɐ]
Hinterbliebener is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-B-L-I-E-B-E-N-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterbliebener is a German masculine noun meaning “a bereaved (male or of unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Hinterbliebene. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Angehöriger eines Verstorbenen, eine ihm nahestehende Person”.
What does Hinterbliebener mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea bereaved (male or of unspecified sex)
noun
- 1
strong genitive/dative singular
- 2
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angehöriger eines Verstorbenen, eine ihm nahestehende 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 Hinterbliebener
- der Hinterbliebene definite nominative
- Hinterbliebenen genitive
- Hinterbliebene plural
- die Hinterbliebenen definite plural
- Hinterbliebenem dative singular strong
- des Hinterbliebenen genitive singular
- der Hinterbliebenen genitive plural
- dem Hinterbliebenen dative singular
- den Hinterbliebenen dative plural
- ein Hinterbliebener nominative singular
- keine Hinterbliebenen nominative plural
- eines Hinterbliebenen genitive singular
- keiner Hinterbliebenen genitive plural
- einem Hinterbliebenen dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hinterbliebener?
- [hɪntɐˈbliːbənɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hinterbliebener in German?
Hinterbliebener appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).