hie und da
\ˈhiː ʊnt ˈdaː\
The verdict
“hie und da” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Çà et là.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hie-und-da · hie und da · French
hie und da · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | hie und da |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈhiː ʊnt ˈdaː\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hie und da is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈhiː ʊnt ˈdaː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for hie und da in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hie und da, spelled H-I-E- -U-N-D- -D-A.
Definition
- 1Çà et là.
- 2Quelquefois, de temps à autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hie und da appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich sah hie und da Rauchwirbel emporsteigen; diese weißen Dünste, »Reykir« im Isländischen genannt, rührten von heißen Quellen her, und zeigten durch ihre Heftigkeit die vulkanische Tätigkeit des Bodens an.
So pumpte Schäff in Treuchtlingen kostenlos und überdies mit behördlichem Segen unter anderem 10 000 Jahre altes und außergewöhnlich reines Tiefengrundwasser aus dem Boden, füllte es in Plastikflaschen ab, mischte hie und da ein wenig Kohlensäure oder Aromen bei und verkaufte es über Edeka, Netto, Aldi oder Rewe.
Synonyms
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.