Hinterlist
[ˈhɪntɐˌlɪst]
The verdict
“Hinterlist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhalten, bei dem die eigentliche, negative Absicht verborgen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinterlist · Hinterlist · German
Hinterlist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinterlist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪntɐˌlɪst] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hinterlist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hinterlist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪntɐˌlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten, bei dem die eigentliche, negative Absicht verborgen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hinterlist, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Hinterlist, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Verhalten, bei dem die eigentliche, negative Absicht verborgen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hinterlist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Vorsitzende Richterin ging in der Urteilsbegründung auf die Hinterlist der Tat ein.“
„Getreu der konfuzianischen Überzeugung, daß man die Hinterlist des Feindes mit eigener Tugend ausgleichen müsse, befahl er, alle Japaner -- Soldaten wie Zivilisten -- gerecht und human zu behandeln, sie schnellstmöglich auch in ihre Heimat zu schicken.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.