Polyglot Dictionary

Hinterland

/ˈhɪntɐˌlant/

das noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. hinterland

    Built from hinter (behind) + Land (country).

    • Im Hinterland gibt es wenige Städte.

      There are few towns in the hinterland.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • hinter behind
  • Land country

Practice

1 What does Hinterland mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ gibt es wenige Städte.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hinterland?

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