hinuntergießen
[hɪˈnʊntɐˌɡiːsn̩]
The verdict
“hinuntergießen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (etwas Flüssiges) nach unten laufen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinuntergie-en · hinuntergießen · German
hinuntergießen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | hinuntergießen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪˈnʊntɐˌɡiːsn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hinuntergießen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hinuntergießen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɪˈnʊntɐˌɡiːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hinuntergießen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hinuntergießen, spelled H-I-N-U-N-T-E-R-G-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas Flüssiges) nach unten laufen lassen
- 2(etwas) schnell, gierig, ohne abzusetzen trinken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinuntergießen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mir ist ganz, als wenn kaltes Wasser über meinen Rücken hinuntergegossen würde, oder als wenn mich ein starkes Fieber anfiele.“
„Es wäre eine Schande, so köstlichen Stoff wie diesen herrlich duftenden, alten französischen Kognak ohne ein paar geziemende Einleitungsworte hinunterzugießen.“
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.