German adverb · CEFR A2
hinten
Meaning in English: at the back, behind
Example
Die Toiletten sind hinten links.
The toilets are at the back on the left.
How common is hinten?
hinten is number 2,528 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,524die Autobahnmotorway, highway
- 2,525spätlate
- 2,526das Radioradio
- 2,527verbindenconnect, combine
- 2,528hintenat the back, behind
- 2,529Erwartungenexpectations
- 2,530erteiltgiven, granted
- 2,531öffnetopens
- 2,532gesammeltcollected, gathered
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