hinteren

/[ˈhɪntəʁən]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,933

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

hinteren is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter Pronounced [ˈhɪntəʁən]. It ranks #6,933 in German word frequency. Often confused with Hintern and hinterm.

Key facts for hinteren
PropertyValue
Headwordhinteren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈhɪntəʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,933
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hinteren in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for hinteren is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɪntəʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,933 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for hinteren, with forms such as "hhinteren", "hinetren", and "hinnteren". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Hintern", "hinterm", "hinters", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is hinteren, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhinteren,hinetren,hinnteren,hinteern,hinterenn,hinterne,hinterren,hintreen,hintteren,hitneren,hniteren,ihnteren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hinteren

Misspelling Variants of "hinteren"

hhinteren9hinetren8hinnteren9hinteern8hinterenn9hinterne8hinterren9hintreen8
Misspelling Variants of "hinteren"

Frequency rank: #6,933 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hinteren"?
"hinteren" is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪntəʁən].
What does "hinteren" mean?
As an adj, "hinteren" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hinter
What words are commonly confused with "hinteren"?
"hinteren" is commonly confused with "Hintern", "hinterm", "hinters". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hinteren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hinteren" is [ˈhɪntəʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hinteren" come from?
"hinteren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.