Hintergrunds

[ˈhɪntɐˌɡʁʊnt͡s]

/[ˈhɪntɐˌɡʁʊnt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hintergrunds” is uncommon German (frequency #82,884 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,884
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hintergrund

Corpus desk

Index DE-hintergrunds · Hintergrunds · German

Hintergrunds · rank #82,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,884
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hinausgeworfen

Nearest frequency peer: hinausgeworfen (-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 „Hintergrunds“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hintergrunds
PropertyValue
HeadwordHintergrunds
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɪntɐˌɡʁʊnt͡s]
Letters12
Frequency rank#82,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hintergrunds“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hinausgeworfen“ (#82,883), „hinzufügte“ (#82,885), „Hexenschuss“ (#82,882). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hintergrunds“ bei #82,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hintergrunds is uncommon German at frequency #82,884 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪntɐˌɡʁʊnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hintergrund".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hintergrunds, 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hintergrunds, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-G-R-U-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hintergrund

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 "Hintergrunds"?
"Hintergrunds" is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-G-R-U-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪntɐˌɡʁʊnt͡s].
What does "Hintergrunds" mean?
As a noun, "Hintergrunds" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hintergrund
How do you pronounce "Hintergrunds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hintergrunds" is [ˈhɪntɐˌɡʁʊnt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hintergrunds" come from?
"Hintergrunds" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list