Seitenhieb
German, noun/ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌhiːp/
Seitenhieb is spelled S-E-I-T-E-N-H-I-E-B (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seitenhieb is a German masculine noun meaning “sideswipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem seitlich versetzter Schlag”.
What does Seitenhieb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesideswipe
- 2
masculineskit
- 3
colloquialmasculinepotshot, dig, sideswipe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemandem seitlich versetzter Schlag 2. Kritik, spöttische Bemerkung, die nicht Hauptinhalt der Äußerung ist
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 Seitenhieb
- Seitenhiebes genitive
- Seitenhiebs genitive
- Seitenhiebe plural
- Seitenhieben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Seitenhieb?
- /ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌhiːp/
- [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌhiːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Seitenhieb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Seitenhieb in German?
Seitenhieb appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).