hinder

English

WOTD - 8 January 2008    

Alternative forms

• hindre (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindarōjan (“to put back”), from *hindar (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɪn.də/, SAMPA: /"hIn.d@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɪn.dɚ/, SAMPA: /"hIn.d@`/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪndə(r)

Verb

hinder (third-person singular simple present hinders, present participle hindering, simple past and past participle hindered)

1. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, BBC Sport:

     Arsenal were playing without a recognised full-back - their defence comprising four centre-halves - and the lack of width was hindering their progress.

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V act ii, scene 2 (act i; First Folio ed.):

     Since God ſo graciouſly hath brought to light
     This dangerous Treaſon, lurking in our way,
     To hinder our beginnings.

2. (transitive) To keep back; to delay or impede.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona act ii, scene 7 (First Folio ed.):

     Then let me goe, and hinder not my courſe

3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• (to delay or impede movement): bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop
• (to make a task difficult): delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart
• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Antonyms

• (to delay or impede movement): aid, assist, help
• (to make a task difficult): assist, expedite, facilitate, help

Derived terms

• hinderment
• hinderer
• hindrance
• unhindered

Translations

to delay or impede movement

Arabic: عاق (ar) (ʕāqa), عرقل (ar) (ʕárqala) Armenian: խոչընդոտել (hy) (xočëndotel) Catalan: destorbar (ca), dificultar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 妨礙 (cmn), 妨碍 (cmn) (fáng'ài), 阻礙 (cmn), 阻礙 (cmn) (zǔ'ài) Min Nan: trad. 阻礙, simpl. 阻礙 (chó·-gāi) Czech: překážet (cs), bránit (cs), zdržovat (cs) Danish: hindre (da) Dutch: hinderen (nl) (hinder, impede), verhinderen (nl) (hinder, impede), vertragen (nl) (delay) Estonian: takistama (et) Faroese: hindra (fo), forða (fo), tálma (fo), tarna (fo) Finnish: estää (fi), haitata (fi), viivyttää (fi), pidättää (fi) French: entraver (fr), délayer (fr) Georgian: ხელის შეშლა (ka) (xelis šešla) German: hindern (de), behindern (de), erschweren (de) Greek: παρεμποδίζω (el) (parempodízo) Hindi: रोकना (hi) (roknā) Hungarian: gátol (hu), akadályoz (hu), feltart (hu) Icelandic: varna (is), tálma (is) Italian: ostacolare (it), ritardare (it), intralciare (it), impedire (it)

Japanese: 妨げる (ja) (さまたげる, samatageru) Khmer: ពាំង (bpēiəng) Korean: 방해하다 (ko) (banghaehada) Latin: impediō (la) Luxembourgish: hënneren (lb), behënneren (lb) Norwegian (bokmål): hindre (no), forhindre (no) Norwegian (nynorsk): hindre (nn), forhindre (nn) Old English: hindrian (ang) Polish: wstrzymywać, opóźniać (pl) Portuguese: impedir (pt), reter (pt), entravar (pt), estorvar (pt), atrapalhar (pt) Romanian: împiedica (ro), reține (ro) Russian: мешать (ru) (mešát’) impf., помешать (ru) (pomešát’) pf., препятствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovat’) impf., воспрепятствовать (ru) (vosprepjátstvovat’) pf. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: спречити (sh), запречавати (sh), кочити (sh), одмоћи Roman: sprečiti (sh), zaprečavati (sh), kočiti (sh), odmoći Spanish: estorbar (es), impedir (es), entorpecer (es) Swahili: zuia (sw), pinga (sw) Swedish: hindra (sv), fördröja (sv) (to delay) Thai: หยุดยั้ง (th) (yòot yáng) Urdu: روکنا (roknā)

to make a task difficult

Arabic: عاق (ar) (ʕāqa), عرقل (ar) (ʕárqala), منع (ar) (mánaʕa) Armenian: խոչընդոտել (hy) (xočëndotel), խանգարել (hy) (xangarel) Catalan: destorbar (ca), dificultar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 妨礙 (cmn), 妨碍 (cmn) (fáng'ài), 阻礙 (cmn), 阻礙 (cmn) (zǔ'ài) Min Nan: trad. 阻礙, simpl. 阻礙 (chó·-gāi) Dutch: hinderen (nl) (hinder), moeilijk maken (nl) (make difficult) Estonian: takistama (et), pidurdama (et), tagasi hoidma (et) Finnish: estää (fi), haitata (fi), vaikeuttaa (fi) French: entraver (fr) Georgian: დაბრკოლება (ka) (dabrkoleba), შეფერხება (ka) (šep‘erxeba) German: erschweren Greek: παρεμποδίζω (el) (parempodízo) Hungarian: meggátol (hu), megakadályoz (hu) Italian: impedire (it)

Japanese: 妨げる (ja) (さまたげる, samatageru) Korean: 저지하다 (ko) (jeojihada) Latin: obstō (la), officiō (la) Norwegian (bokmål): hemme (no) Norwegian (nynorsk): hemme (nn) Polish: przeszkadzać (pl), powstrzymywać (pl) Romanian: împiedica (ro), stânjeni (ro) Russian: мешать (ru) (mešát’) impf., помешать (ru) (pomešát’) pf., препятствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovat’) impf., воспрепятствовать (ru) (vosprepjátstvovat’) pf. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: спречити (sh), отежавати (sh) Roman: sprečiti (sh), otežavati (sh) Spanish: impedir (es), (formally) obstar (es), dificultar (es), estorbar (es) Swahili: kinga (sw), kinza (sw) Swedish: hindra (sv), försvåra (sv) (to make difficult) Thai: กีดขวาง (th) (gèet-kwăang), กีด (th) (gèet)

Etymology 2

comparative form of hind: more hind

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhaɪn.də/, SAMPA: /"haIn.d@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhaɪn.dɚ/, SAMPA: /"haIn.d@`/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪndə(r)

Adjective

hinder (not comparable)

1. Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.

   the hinder end of a wagon

   the hinder parts of a horse

   • 1990 - C. W. H. Havard (ed.), Black's Medical Dictionary, 36th edition, p 673

     On a line dividing the front two-thirds from the hinder one-third, and set in the shape of a V, is a row of seven to twelve large flat-topped circumvallate papillae, ...

2. comparative form of hind: more hind

Usage notes

Most current uses of this adjective occur in anatomical contexts.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• (of or belonging to that part in the rear): back, hind, rear, posterior

Antonyms

• (of or belonging to that part in the rear): fore, front

Related terms

• hind
• hindermost
• hindmost

Translations

of or belonging to that part in the rear

Arabic: خلفي (ar) (xálfi) Armenian: ետևի (hy) (etevi), ետին (hy) (etin) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 後面, simpl. 后面 (hòumiàn) Min Nan: trad. 後面, simpl. 后面 (āu-bīn) Danish: bagest (da), bag- (da) Dutch: achterste (nl) Faroese: aftastur (fo), aftari (fo), afturi (fo) Finnish: taka- (fi), perä (fi)- Georgian: უკანა (ka) (ukana) German: hinter (de) Greek: πισινός (el) (pisinós), οπίσθιος (el) (opísthios) Hungarian: hátsó (hu) Japanese: 後ろの (ja) (ushiro no) Khmer: ខាងក្រោយ (kāng graoī)

Korean: 뒤 (ko) (dwi) Latin: āversus (la), posterior (la) Macedonian: заден (mk) Norwegian (bokmål): bakre (no), bak- (no) Norwegian (nynorsk): bakre (nn), bakare (nn), bak- (nn) Polish: tylny m. Russian: задний (ru) (zádnij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: стражњи (sh), задњи (sh) Roman: stražnji (sh), zadnji (sh) Swedish: bakre (sv), compounds with bak (sv) Thai: ส่วนหลัง (th) (sùan lăng), ข้างหลัง (th) (kâang lăng), หลัง (th) (lăng) Ukrainian: задній (uk)

comparative of hind

Finnish: taempi (fi) Norwegian (bokmål): bakre (no) Norwegian (nynorsk): bakre (nn), bakare (nn)

Swahili: nyuma (sw) Swedish: bakre (sv)

Noun

hinder (plural hinders)

1. (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
   • 1997, Richard Laliberte and Stephen C. George, The Men's Health Guide to Peak Conditioning ^[1], ISBN 0875963234, page 195:

     Like martial arts, in-line skating is predicated on the notion that sooner or later you're going to end up on your hinder.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Translations

slang: buttocks

Arabic: رِدْف (rídf) m., عَجِيزَة (ʕajīza) f. Armenian: հետույք (hy) (hetuyk’) Finnish: persaus (fi) Georgian: უკანალი (ka) (ukanali) German: Hintern (de) m. Khmer: គូត (gūt)

Norwegian (bokmål): bakdel, bakende, rumpe Norwegian (nynorsk): bakdel, bakende, rumpe Polish: pośladki Russian: задница (ru) (zádnica) f. Spanish: nalgas (es) f. pl. Thai: ก้น (gôn), ตูด (dtòot)

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Danish

Etymology 1

From hindre (“to hinder”) from Low German hinder from Old Norse hindr.

Noun

hinder n.

1. hindrance, obstacle, impediment, obstruction
   • være til hinder

     to be in the way

   • Der er intet til hinder for at ...

     There is nothing in the way (no obstacle against it), to ...

Related terms

• hindre, hindring

Etymology 2

See hind.

Alternative forms

• hinde

Noun

hinder c.

1. plural indefinite of hind

Etymology 3

See hinde.

Noun

hinder c.

1. plural indefinite of hinde

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hinder

Pronunciation

• Audio (NL)

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Noun

hinder m. (uncountable)

1. hindrance, impediment, obstruction

Derived terms

• geluidshinder

Verb

hinder

1. first-person singular present indicative of hinderen.
2. imperative of hinderen.

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German

Verb

hinder

1. First-person singular present of hindern.
2. Imperative singular of hindern.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio (Sweden)

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Noun

hinder n.

1. obstacle, impediment, obstruction

Declension

Declension of hinder

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hinder	hindret	hinder	hindren
genitive	hinders	hindrets	hinders	hindrens

Usage notes

• (For some cases) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.

Derived terms

• hinderbana
• hinderlöpning
• trafikhinder

Related terms

• hindra