Hintermann
[ˈhɪntɐˌman]
The verdict
“Hintermann” is uncommon German (frequency #76,894 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,894
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich räumlich hinter jemand anderem befindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-hintermann · Hintermann · German
Hintermann · rank #76,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,894
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hinterlistig
Nearest frequency peer: hinterlistig (-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 „Hintermann“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Heulsuse
Heulsuse
23,112 corpus weight
- hingibt
hingibt
23,109 corpus weight
- hinterlistig
hinterlistig
23,108 corpus weight
- Hintermann
Hintermann
23,107 corpus weight
- Hinweisschi…
Hinweisschilder
23,106 corpus weight
- Hirnblutung
Hirnblutung
23,105 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hintermann“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hintermann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪntɐˌman] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hintermann“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hintermann is uncommon German at frequency #76,894 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪntɐˌman]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hintermann, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Hintermann, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich räumlich hinter jemand anderem befindet
- 2Person, die heimlich an etwas beteiligt ist, deren Aktivität aber nicht bekannt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hintermann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Hintermann, der hinter dem Mittelfeldspieler steht, sollte auch überwunden werden.
Einer der Hintermänner ist Peter Mustermann, dessen Aufgabe es war, die gegnerische Mannschaft zu beobachten.
Antonyms
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.
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