Hinterhältigkeit
[ˈhɪntɐˌhɛltɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Hinterhältigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhalten, bei dem die eigentliche, negative Absicht verborgen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinterhaltigkeit · Hinterhältigkeit · German
Hinterhältigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinterhältigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪntɐˌhɛltɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hinterhältigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hinterhältigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪntɐˌhɛltɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten, bei dem die eigentliche, negative Absicht verborgen wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hinterhältigkeit in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hinterhältigkeit, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-H-Ä-L-T-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Verhalten, bei dem die eigentliche, negative Absicht verborgen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hinterhältigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie werden sich an die Hinterhältigkeit seines Vorstoßes erinnern.“
„Er glaubte nicht an die Hinterhältigkeit der Amerikaner.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.