Hinz und Kunz
[ˈhɪnt͡s ʊnt ˈkʊnt͡s]
The verdict
“Hinz und Kunz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jedermann; beliebige, meist gewöhnliche Personen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinz-und-kunz · Hinz und Kunz · German
Hinz und Kunz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Hinz und Kunz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈhɪnt͡s ʊnt ˈkʊnt͡s] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hinz und Kunz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hinz und Kunz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈhɪnt͡s ʊnt ˈkʊnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jedermann; beliebige, meist gewöhnliche Personen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hinz und Kunz, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Hinz und Kunz, spelled H-I-N-Z- -U-N-D- -K-U-N-Z.
Definition
- 1jedermann; beliebige, meist gewöhnliche Personen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hinz und Kunz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn wir damit anfangen, kommen bald Hinz und Kunz und wollen mitmachen.
„Er könne doch nicht Hinz und Kunz in seinen Roman einschleppen, empörte sich seine Mutter.“
Synonyms
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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.