hinzutun
[hɪnˈt͡suːˌtuːn]
The verdict
“hinzutun” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Weiteres zu dem beisteuern (tun), was schon da ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinzutun · hinzutun · German
hinzutun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | hinzutun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪnˈt͡suːˌtuːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hinzutun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hinzutun is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɪnˈt͡suːˌtuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas Weiteres zu dem beisteuern (tun), was schon da ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hinzutun, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 hinzutun, spelled H-I-N-Z-U-T-U-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Weiteres zu dem beisteuern (tun), was schon da ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinzutun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Probier erst mal, ehe du Du mehr Salz hinzutust!
„Ueberall fand er Motive. Einen Strauch, einen Baum bis in seine innerste Struktur zu verfolgen, mit peinlicher Genauigkeit seine Erscheinung aufs Papier zu bringen, nichts hinzuzutun und nichts fortzulassen, das forderte Geduld, Ernst, Willen.“
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.