hintern
German, contraction
hintern is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hintern is a German contraction meaning “contraction of hinter + den” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hintern is a different word: “The backside, bottom, butt, behind, hinder”.
What does hintern mean in English?
contraction
- 1
colloquialcontraction of hinter + den
noun
- 1
masculineThe backside, bottom, butt, behind, hinder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. menschlicher Körperteil, auf dem gesessen wird
abbreviation: 1. hinter den
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 hintern
- Hinterns genitive
- H*ntern alternative
- Hinterer alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hintern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hintern in German?
hintern appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).