Hinweisgeber
German, noun[ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌɡeːbɐ]
Hinweisgeber is spelled H-I-N-W-E-I-S-G-E-B-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinweisgeber is a German masculine noun meaning “whistleblower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die einen Hinweis gibt”.
What does Hinweisgeber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhistleblower
- 2
masculineinformant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die einen Hinweis gibt 2. Person, die für die Öffentlichkeit wichtige Informationen aus einem geheimen oder geschützten Zusammenhang veröffentlicht
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 Hinweisgeber
- Hinweisgebers genitive
- Hinweisgeberin feminine
- Hinweisgebern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hinweisgeber?
- [ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌɡeːbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hinweisgeber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hinweisgeber in German?
Hinweisgeber appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).