Polyglot Dictionary

hinter

/ˈhɪntɐ/

preposition A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Prep Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. behind

    • Der Garten liegt hinter dem Haus.

      The garden is behind the house.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

derrière

derrière is the French word for the same thing — both mean "behind."

Portuguese

atrás

atrás is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "behind."

Practice

1 What does hinter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Garten liegt ___ dem Haus.

Opposites

  • vor

See also

prepositioncore-vocabularygrammar

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