Hintern
\ˈhɪntɐn\
The verdict
“Hintern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le derrière, les fesses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hintern · Hintern · French
Hintern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Hintern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɪntɐn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Hintern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhɪntɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le derrière, les fesses.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hintern, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Hintern, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Le derrière, les fesses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hintern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Setz dich auf deinen Hintern!
Ich habe ihm in den Hintern getreten.
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.