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Hinterhand

die Hinterhand

Hinterhand is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it die Hinterhand?

Hinterhand ends in -and, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 52% of -and nouns take das, 41% take der, and 7% take die. So learn it with its article: die Hinterhand.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Card game: The player who plays the last card in a stitch

[1] Kartenspiel: jener Spieler, der bei einem Stich die letzte Karte ausspielt

[2] Anatomy: rear part of the body of the horse or dog

[2] Anatomie: hinterer Körperteil des Pferdes oder Hundes

Examples

[1] "If she wants to irritate, the rear hand must be stimulated in the present case with" 20 ""

[1] „Wenn sie reizen möchte, muss Hinterhand im vorliegenden Fall das Reizen mit »20« beginnen.“

[2] "The optimal angle of the hindquarters is defined by the angle of the pelvis with the horizontal and the angles that form the knee joint and the ankle"

[2] „Die optimale Winkelung der Hinterhand wird durch den Winkel des Beckens mit der Horizontalen und den Winkeln, die das Kniegelenk und das Sprunggelenk bilden, definiert.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "leaning against the hindquarters, gliding, the horses wore their tales talabe"

[1] „Auf die Hinterhand gelehnt, gleitend, trugen die Pferde ihre Reiter talab.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Hinterhand —
Genitiv der Hinterhand —
Dativ der Hinterhand —
Akkusativ die Hinterhand —

Pronunciation

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