hintergehen
[hɪntɐˈɡeːən]
The verdict
“hintergehen” is uncommon German (frequency #80,489 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,489
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas heimlich, ohne das Wissen einer Person tun, was dieser schadet
Corpus desk
Index DE-hintergehen · hintergehen · German
hintergehen · rank #80,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,489
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hineinzuverse…
Nearest frequency peer: hineinzuversetzen (-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 „hintergehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hilfsdienst
Hilfsdienst
19,516 corpus weight
- Hilpoltstein
Hilpoltstein
19,514 corpus weight
- hineinzuver…
hineinzuversetzen
19,513 corpus weight
- hintergehen
hintergehen
19,512 corpus weight
- Hinweises
Hinweises
19,510 corpus weight
- hippocampus
hippocampus
19,509 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hintergehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hintergehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪntɐˈɡeːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hintergehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hintergehen is uncommon German at frequency #80,489 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɪntɐˈɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas heimlich, ohne das Wissen einer Person tun, was dieser schadet".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hintergehen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hintergehen, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas heimlich, ohne das Wissen einer Person tun, was dieser schadet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hintergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit dieser Rolle der Gefühle ist leicht einsehbar, warum viele Menschen niemals einen Freund hintergehen würden, sich aber nichts dabei denken, wenn sie Firmeneigentum mitgehen lassen oder ihre Einkommensteuererklärung frisieren.“
Ich hoffe wirklich, dass er mich nicht hintergangen hat.
This word in other languages
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.
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