hinterlistig
German, adjective[ˈhɪntɐˌlɪstɪç]
hinterlistig is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-I-S-T-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterlistig is a German adjective meaning “insidious, treacherous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art und Weise einer Hinterlist”.
What does hinterlistig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
insidious, treacherous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art und Weise einer Hinterlist
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 hinterlistig
- hinterlistiger masculine nominative singular
- am hinterlistigsten superlative
- hinterlistige feminine nominative singular
- hinterlistiges neuter nominative singular
- hinterlistigen genitive masculine singular
- hinterlistigem dative masculine singular
- der hinterlistige definite includes-article masculine
- die hinterlistige definite feminine includes-article
- das hinterlistige definite includes-article neuter
- die hinterlistigen definite includes-article nominative
- des hinterlistigen definite genitive includes-article
- der hinterlistigen definite feminine genitive
- dem hinterlistigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinterlistig?
- [ˈhɪntɐˌlɪstɪç]
- [-ˌlɪstɪk]
- [ˈhɪntɐˌlɪstɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hinterlistig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinterlistig in German?
hinterlistig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).