Hintern

/[ˈhɪntɐn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,073

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Hintern is aGermannoun. It means: menschlicher Körperteil, auf dem gesessen wird Pronounced [ˈhɪntɐn]. It ranks #6,073 in German word frequency. Often confused with hunter and Hirten.

Key facts for Hintern
PropertyValue
HeadwordHintern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɪntɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,073
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Hintern in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Hintern is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɪntɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,073 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "menschlicher Körperteil, auf dem gesessen wird".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hintern, with forms such as "hhintern", "hinetrn", and "hinntern". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "hunter", "Hirten", "hungern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Hintern, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    menschlicher Körperteil, auf dem gesessen wird

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhintern,hinetrn,hinntern,hintenr,hinternn,hinterrn,hintren,hinttern,hitnern,hnitern,ihntern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hintern

Misspelling Variants of "Hintern"

hhintern8hinetrn7hinntern8hintenr7hinternn8hinterrn8hintren7hinttern8
Misspelling Variants of "Hintern"

Frequency rank: #6,073 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hintern"?
"Hintern" is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪntɐn].
What does "Hintern" mean?
As a noun, "Hintern" means: menschlicher Körperteil, auf dem gesessen wird
What words are commonly confused with "Hintern"?
"Hintern" is commonly confused with "hunter", "Hirten", "hungern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hintern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hintern" is [ˈhɪntɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hintern" come from?
"Hintern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.