Hinterhand
[ˈhɪntɐˌhant]
The verdict
“Hinterhand” is uncommon German (frequency #50,567 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,567
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jener Spieler, der bei einem Stich die letzte Karte ausspielt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinterhand · Hinterhand · German
Hinterhand · rank #50,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,567
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hinkommt
Nearest frequency peer: hinkommt (-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 „Hinterhand“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Himbeere
Himbeere
49,437 corpus weight
- hineinverse…
hineinversetzen
49,436 corpus weight
- hinkommt
hinkommt
49,435 corpus weight
- Hinterhand
Hinterhand
49,434 corpus weight
- hinzufügt
hinzufügt
49,433 corpus weight
- Hirnforschu…
Hirnforschung
49,432 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hinterhand“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinterhand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪntɐˌhant] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hinterhand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hinterhand is uncommon German at frequency #50,567 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪntɐˌhant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hinterhand in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hinterhand, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-H-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1jener Spieler, der bei einem Stich die letzte Karte ausspielt
- 2hinterer Körperteil des Pferdes oder Hundes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hinterhand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn sie reizen möchte, muss Hinterhand im vorliegenden Fall das Reizen mit »20« beginnen.“
„Die optimale Winkelung der Hinterhand wird durch den Winkel des Beckens mit der Horizontalen und den Winkeln, die das Kniegelenk und das Sprunggelenk bilden, definiert.“
Antonyms
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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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