hinterer

[ˈhɪntəʁɐ]

/[ˈhɪntəʁɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“hinterer” is uncommon German (frequency #56,217 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,217
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter

Corpus desk

Index DE-hinterer · hinterer · German

hinterer · rank #56,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,217
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hinterbliebene

Nearest frequency peer: Hinterbliebene (-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 „hinterer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hinterer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hinterer
PropertyValue
Headwordhinterer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhɪntəʁɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,217
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hinterer“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hintererfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hinterbliebene“ (#56,216), „Hillebrand“ (#56,215), „hinterherlaufen“ (#56,219). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hinterer“ bei #56,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hinterer is uncommon German at frequency #56,217 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɪntəʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hinterer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hinterer, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs hinter

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hinterer"?
"hinterer" is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪntəʁɐ].
What does "hinterer" mean?
As an adjective, "hinterer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter
How do you pronounce "hinterer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hinterer" is [ˈhɪntəʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hinterer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hinterer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Helferin#56,210härteres#56,225happened#56,199Halbsatz#56,194

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list