hinunterschlingen
[hɪˈnʊntɐˌʃlɪŋən]
The verdict
“hinunterschlingen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schnell, gierig in sich aufnehmen, essen, fressen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinunterschlingen · hinunterschlingen · German
hinunterschlingen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 | hinunterschlingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪˈnʊntɐˌʃlɪŋən] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hinunterschlingen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hinunterschlingen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɪˈnʊntɐˌʃlɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schnell, gierig in sich aufnehmen, essen, fressen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hinunterschlingen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 hinunterschlingen, spelled H-I-N-U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-L-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1schnell, gierig in sich aufnehmen, essen, fressen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hinunterschlingen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Beide hatten in der regulären Zeit von zehn Minuten jeweils 59 Würstchen samt Brötchen hinuntergeschlungen.“
Synonyms
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.