hinwerfen

[ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩]

/[ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“hinwerfen” is uncommon German (frequency #74,703 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,703
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung schleudern

Corpus desk

Index DE-hinwerfen · hinwerfen · German

hinwerfen · rank #74,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,703
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hinterlegung

Nearest frequency peer: Hinterlegung (-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 „hinwerfen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hinwerfen
PropertyValue
Headwordhinwerfen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,703
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hinwerfen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hinwerfenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hinterlegung“ (#74,702), „hochauflösende“ (#74,704), „hochheben“ (#74,705). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hinwerfen“ bei #74,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hinwerfen is uncommon German at frequency #74,703 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for hinwerfen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hinwerfen, spelled H-I-N-W-E-R-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung schleudern
  2. 2
    sich auf den Boden fallen lassen
  3. 3
    eine Sache (aus Versehen) herunterfallen lassen
  4. 4
    etwas irgendwohin wegschleudern
  5. 5
    plötzlich aus Frust, Unlust oder einem anderen Gefühl aufgeben, etwas beenden
  6. 6
    etwas schnell/eilig niederschreiben oder erstellen
  7. 7
    etwas nebenbei anmerken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er wirft dem Hund den Ball hin.
  2. Sie hat den Vögeln ein paar Krümel hingeworfen.

Synonyms

hinschleudernzuwerfenzuschmeißensich zu Boden werfenniederwerfenfallensich zu Boden schmeißenhinschleudernwegwerfenwegschmeißen

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 "hinwerfen"?
"hinwerfen" is spelled H-I-N-W-E-R-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩].
What does "hinwerfen" mean?
As a verb, "hinwerfen" means: etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung schleudern
How do you pronounce "hinwerfen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hinwerfen" is [ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hinwerfen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hochheben#74,705Iteration#74,737Kaltmiete#74,751graffitis#74,652

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list