hinterlassen
German, verb/hɪntɐˈlasn̩/
hinterlassen is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-A-S-S-E-N (12 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterlassen is a German verb meaning “to leave, to leave behind (after leaving a location)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zurücklassen, beim Fortgehen liegen lassen, nach dem Weggehen meist absichtlich nicht mitnehmen”.
What does hinterlassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to leave, to leave behind (after leaving a location)
Der Hirsch hinterließ Spuren im Schnee.
- 2
to leave, to leave behind, to be survived by (after demise)
Er hinterlässt Frau und Kinder.
- 3
to bequeath, to devise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zurücklassen, beim Fortgehen liegen lassen, nach dem Weggehen meist absichtlich nicht mitnehmen 2. als Erbe lassen 3. allein lassen
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 hinterlassen
- hinterlässt present singular third-person
- hinterließ past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- hinterlassend participle present
- hinterlasse first-person indicative present
- hinterlasst indicative plural present
- hinterlassest second-person singular subjunctive
- hinterlasset plural second-person subjunctive
- hinterließen first-person indicative plural
- hinterließe first-person formal rare
- hinterließest indicative preterite second-person
- hinterließt indicative preterite second-person
- hinterließet formal plural rare
- hinterlass imperative second-person singular
- hinterlass! imperative singular
- hinterlasse! imperative singular
- hinterlasst! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinterlassen?
- /hɪntɐˈlasn̩/
- [ˌhɪntɐˈlasn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hinterlassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinterlassen in German?
hinterlassen appears 19 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).