Hinterlegung
[hɪntɐˈleːɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Hinterlegung” is uncommon German (frequency #74,702 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,702
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vertrag, der den Aufbewahrer verpflichtet, eine ihm vom Hinterleger anvertraute bewegliche Sache zu übernehmen und sie an einem sicheren Ort aufzubewahren und in natura zurückzugeben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinterlegung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɪntɐˈleːɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hinterlegung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hinterlegung is uncommon German at frequency #74,702 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɪntɐˈleːɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertrag, der den Aufbewahrer verpflichtet, eine ihm vom Hinterleger anvertraute bewegliche Sache zu übernehmen und sie an einem sicheren Ort aufzubewahren und in natura zurückzugeben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hinterlegung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hinterlegung, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-E-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Vertrag, der den Aufbewahrer verpflichtet, eine ihm vom Hinterleger anvertraute bewegliche Sache zu übernehmen und sie an einem sicheren Ort aufzubewahren und in natura zurückzugeben
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.
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Using “Hinterlegung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-N-T-E-R-L-E-G-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.