Hinterlassenschaft
[hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft]
The verdict
“Hinterlassenschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #62,506 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,506
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das, worüber jemand bei seinem Tod verfügte
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinterlassenschaft · Hinterlassenschaft · German
Hinterlassenschaft · rank #62,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,506
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hinlegt
Nearest frequency peer: hinlegt (-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 „Hinterlassenschaft“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hinarbeiten
hinarbeiten
37,498 corpus weight
- hingehe
hingehe
37,497 corpus weight
- hinlegt
hinlegt
37,496 corpus weight
- Hinterlasse…
Hinterlassenschaft
37,495 corpus weight
- Hobel
Hobel
37,494 corpus weight
- hocherfreut
hocherfreut
37,493 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hinterlassenschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinterlassenschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #62,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hinterlassenschaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hinterlassenschaft is uncommon German at frequency #62,506 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Hinterlassenschaft in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hinterlassenschaft, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-A-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1das, worüber jemand bei seinem Tod verfügte
- 2das, was jemand zurücklässt, wenn er sich von einem bestimmten Ort entfernt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hinterlassenschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu der Hinterlassenschaft seiner Eltern zählten auch zwei ältere Autos.
„Für die Altertumskundler des 19. Jahrhunderts war die Sache aufgrund der antiken Quellen, der Berichte von Herodot, Poseidonios und anderen Geschichtsschreibern, völlig klar: Bei den kunstvoll verzierten Eisenschwertern, den goldenen Kleidernadeln und den eisernen Kannen und Kesseln, die man nun an immer mehr Orten vor allem in Süddeutschland und Frankre…
This word in other languages
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Hinterlassenschaft"?
What does "Hinterlassenschaft" mean?
How do you pronounce "Hinterlassenschaft"?
What language does "Hinterlassenschaft" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hinterlassenschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).