hinterherwerfen
German, verb/ˈhɪntɐheːɐ̯ˌvɛʁfn̩/
hinterherwerfen is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-H-E-R-W-E-R-F-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterherwerfen is a German verb meaning “to throw after” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hinterherwerfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throw after
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hinterherwerfen
- wirft hinterher present singular third-person
- warf hinterher past
- hinterhergeworfen participle past
- würfe hinterher past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- hinterherwerfend participle present
- hinterherzuwerfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- werfe hinterher first-person indicative present
- werfen hinterher first-person indicative plural
- wirfst hinterher indicative present second-person
- werft hinterher indicative plural present
- werfest hinterher second-person singular subjunctive
- werfet hinterher plural second-person subjunctive
- warfen hinterher first-person indicative plural
- würfen hinterher first-person formal plural
- warfst hinterher indicative preterite second-person
- warft hinterher indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinterherwerfen?
- /ˈhɪntɐheːɐ̯ˌvɛʁfn̩/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinterherwerfen in German?
hinterherwerfen appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).