Hinweisschild

[ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌʃɪlt]

/[ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌʃɪlt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hinweisschild” is uncommon German (frequency #69,363 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,363
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein gut sichtbarer flacher Gegenstand, der eine meist kurze Botschaft in Worten oder Bilder/Piktogrammen trägt

Corpus desk

Index DE-hinweisschild · Hinweisschild · German

Hinweisschild · rank #69,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,363
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hinwegsetzen

Nearest frequency peer: hinwegsetzen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hinweisschild“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hinweisschild“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hinweisschild
PropertyValue
HeadwordHinweisschild
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌʃɪlt]
Letters13
Frequency rank#69,363
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hinweisschild“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Hinweisschildfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hinwegsetzen“ (#69,362), „Historiographie“ (#69,364), „hinterlegten“ (#69,361). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hinweisschild“ bei #69,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hinweisschild is uncommon German at frequency #69,363 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌʃɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein gut sichtbarer flacher Gegenstand, der eine meist kurze Botschaft in Worten oder Bilder/Piktogrammen trägt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hinweisschild, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Hinweisschild, spelled H-I-N-W-E-I-S-S-C-H-I-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein gut sichtbarer flacher Gegenstand, der eine meist kurze Botschaft in Worten oder Bilder/Piktogrammen trägt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hinweisschild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie haben das Hinweisschild nicht beachtet, wir müssen die Fahrprüfung wiederholen.
  2. Bei so vielen Hinweisschildern kann man vor lauter Bäumen den Wald nicht mehr sehen.

Antonyms

GebotsschildVerbotsschildWarnschild

This word in other languages

sign(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hinweisschild"?
"Hinweisschild" is spelled H-I-N-W-E-I-S-S-C-H-I-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌʃɪlt].
What does "Hinweisschild" mean?
As a noun, "Hinweisschild" means: ein gut sichtbarer flacher Gegenstand, der eine meist kurze Botschaft in Worten oder Bilder/Piktogrammen trägt
How do you pronounce "Hinweisschild"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hinweisschild" is [ˈhɪnvaɪ̯sˌʃɪlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hinweisschild" come from?
"Hinweisschild" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hinweisschild", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Herzkrankheit#69,354hemmungslosen#69,346Insiderwissen#69,380intransparent#69,381

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list