hintertreiben
[hɪntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“hintertreiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - versuchen, etwas mit unehrlichen oder unfairen Mitteln zu vereiteln, verhindern
Corpus desk
Index DE-hintertreiben · hintertreiben · German
hintertreiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hintertreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hintertreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hintertreiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɪntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "versuchen, etwas mit unehrlichen oder unfairen Mitteln zu vereiteln, verhindern".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hintertreiben, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hintertreiben, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1versuchen, etwas mit unehrlichen oder unfairen Mitteln zu vereiteln, verhindern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hintertreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe das Gefühl, du hältst nicht zu mir. Hintertreibst du meine Pläne?
Der frühere Außenminister hat das Urteil zum EU-Vertrag von Lissabon kritisiert. In der ZEIT wirft er den Karlsruher Richtern vor, Europas Einigung zu hintertreiben[.]
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.