Polyglot Dictionary

Hintergrund

/ˈhɪntɐˌɡʁʊnt/

der noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Hintergründe

Meaning

  1. background

    Built from hinter (behind) + Grund (reason).

    • Im Hintergrund sah man die Berge.

      In the background you could see the mountains.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • hinter behind
  • Grund reason

Similar words

herkunft

Herkunft is more specifically about origin, where someone comes from; Hintergrund is more general context or background.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

trasfondo

trasfondo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "background."

Practice

1 What does Hintergrund mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ sah man die Berge.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hintergrund?

See also

nouncompound

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