Hinterlassenschaft

[hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft]

/[hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hinterlassenschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hinterlassenschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordHinterlassenschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft]
Letters18
Frequency rank#62,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hinterlassenschaft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hinterlassenschaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hinlegt“ (#62,505), „Hobel“ (#62,507), „hingehe“ (#62,504). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hinterlassenschaft“ bei #62,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    das, worüber jemand bei seinem Tod verfügte
  2. 2
    das, was jemand zurücklässt, wenn er sich von einem bestimmten Ort entfernt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hinterlassenschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zu der Hinterlassenschaft seiner Eltern zählten auch zwei ältere Autos.
  2. „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"?
"Hinterlassenschaft" is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-A-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft].
What does "Hinterlassenschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Hinterlassenschaft" means: das, worüber jemand bei seinem Tod verfügte
How do you pronounce "Hinterlassenschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hinterlassenschaft" is [hɪntɐˈlasn̩ʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list