hintertreiben
German, verb
hintertreiben is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hintertreiben is a German verb meaning “to foil; thwart (prevent from being accomplished)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hintertreiben is a different word: “gerund of hintertreiben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “versuchen, etwas mit unehrlichen oder unfairen Mitteln zu vereiteln, verhindern”.
What does hintertreiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foil; thwart (prevent from being accomplished)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of hintertreiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. versuchen, etwas mit unehrlichen oder unfairen Mitteln zu vereiteln, verhindern
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 hintertreiben
- hintertreibt present singular third-person
- hintertrieb past
- hintertrieben participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- hintertreibend participle present
- hintertreibe first-person indicative present
- hintertreibst indicative present second-person
- hintertreibest second-person singular subjunctive
- hintertreibet plural second-person subjunctive
- hintertriebe first-person formal rare
- hintertriebst indicative preterite second-person
- hintertriebt indicative plural preterite
- hintertriebest formal rare second-person
- hintertriebet formal plural rare
- hintertreib imperative second-person singular
- hintertreib! imperative singular
- hintertreibe! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hintertreiben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hintertreiben in German?
hintertreiben 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).