hinterziehen
German, verb/ˌhɪntɐˈt͡siːən/
hinterziehen is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-Z-I-E-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinterziehen is a German verb meaning “to evade (taxes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “steuerbare Tatbestände verheimlichen, um Steuern zu sparen, zu zahlende Abgaben vorsätzlich nicht abführen”.
What does hinterziehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to evade (taxes)
Steuern hinterziehen
verb
- 1
informalto pull to the back
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. steuerbare Tatbestände verheimlichen, um Steuern zu sparen, zu zahlende Abgaben vorsätzlich nicht abführen
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 hinterziehen
- hinterzieht present singular third-person
- hinterzog past
- hinterzogen participle past
- hinterzöge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- hinterziehend participle present
- hinterziehe first-person indicative present
- hinterziehst indicative present second-person
- hinterziehest second-person singular subjunctive
- hinterziehet plural second-person subjunctive
- hinterzögen first-person formal plural
- hinterzogst indicative preterite second-person
- hinterzogt indicative plural preterite
- hinterzögest formal rare second-person
- hinterzögst formal rare second-person
- hinterzöget formal plural rare
- hinterzögt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinterziehen?
- /ˌhɪntɐˈt͡siːən/
- [ˌhɪntɐˈt͡siːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinterziehen in German?
hinterziehen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).