hinhalten
\ˈhɪnˌhaltn̩\
The verdict
“hinhalten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendre le bras pour donner ou présenter quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hinhalten · hinhalten · French
hinhalten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | hinhalten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈhɪnˌhaltn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hinhalten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hinhalten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈhɪnˌhaltn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tendre le bras pour donner ou présenter quelque chose.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hinhalten in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hinhalten, spelled H-I-N-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tendre le bras pour donner ou présenter quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinhalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Geh mal etwas frisches Gras pflücken und halte es den kleinen Zicklein hin. Vielleicht trauen sie sich zu dir heran und lassen sich streicheln.
Humboldts Miene hellte sich auf, als er erfuhr, daß an diesem Ort Curare angefertigt wurde. (...) Und dies, (der Meister) hielt Humboldt das Tonschälchen hin, sei nun das stärkste Gift dieser und jeder anderen Welt. Damit könne man Engel töten!
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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.