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hinterhertragen

German, verb/hɪntɐˈhɛɐ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩/

hinterhertragen is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-H-E-R-T-R-A-G-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterhertragen is a German verb meaning “to carry something after someone else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does hinterhertragen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    derogatoryto carry something after someone else

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of hinterhertragen

  • trägt hinterher present singular third-person
  • trug hinterher past
  • hinterhergetragen participle past
  • trüge hinterher past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 6 strong
  • hinterhertragend participle present
  • hinterherzutragen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • trage hinterher first-person indicative present
  • tragen hinterher first-person indicative plural
  • trägst hinterher indicative present second-person
  • tragt hinterher indicative plural present
  • tragest hinterher second-person singular subjunctive
  • traget hinterher plural second-person subjunctive
  • trugen hinterher first-person indicative plural
  • trügen hinterher first-person formal plural
  • trugst hinterher indicative preterite second-person
  • trugt hinterher indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hinterhertragen?

  • /hɪntɐˈhɛɐ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩/

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is hinterhertragen in German?

hinterhertragen appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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