Hintersinn
German, noun/ˈhɪntɐˌzɪn/
Hintersinn is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-S-I-N-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hintersinn is a German masculine noun meaning “deeper meaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Äußerung zugedachte zusätzliche, aber nicht offensichtliche Interpretation”.
What does Hintersinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeeper meaning
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einer Äußerung zugedachte zusätzliche, aber nicht offensichtliche Interpretation 2. mit einer Äußerung beabsichtigte, aber nicht wörtlich ausformulierte Bedeutung
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 Hintersinn
- Hintersinnes genitive
- Hintersinns genitive
- Hintersinne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hintersinn?
- /ˈhɪntɐˌzɪn/
- [ˈhɪntɐˌzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hintersinn in German?
Hintersinn appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).