hinterherpfeifen
German, verb
hinterherpfeifen is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-H-E-R-P-F-E-I-F-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterherpfeifen is a German verb meaning “to whistle at, to wolf whistle, to catcall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hinterherpfeifen is a different word: “gerund of hinterherpfeifen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(laut) pfeifen, wenn eine (sexuell) attraktive Person an einem vorbeigeht”.
What does hinterherpfeifen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whistle at, to wolf whistle, to catcall
noun
- 1
neutergerund of hinterherpfeifen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (laut) pfeifen, wenn eine (sexuell) attraktive Person an einem vorbeigeht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hinterherpfeifen
- pfeift hinterher present singular third-person
- pfiff hinterher past
- hinterhergepfiffen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- hinterherpfeifend participle present
- hinterherzupfeifen infinitive infinitive-zu
- pfeife hinterher first-person indicative present
- pfeifen hinterher first-person indicative plural
- pfeifst hinterher indicative present second-person
- pfeifest hinterher second-person singular subjunctive
- pfeifet hinterher plural second-person subjunctive
- pfiffen hinterher first-person indicative plural
- pfiffe hinterher first-person formal rare
- pfiffst hinterher indicative preterite second-person
- pfifft hinterher indicative plural preterite
- pfiffest hinterher formal rare second-person
- pfiffet hinterher formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hinterherpfeifen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinterherpfeifen in German?
hinterherpfeifen appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).