hinder

English

WOTD – 8 January 2008    

Alternative forms

• hindre (archaic)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɪn.də/, X-SAMPA: /"hIn.d@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɪn.dɚ/, X-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 usage examples 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

• Albanian: pengoj (sq)
• Arabic: عاق (ar) (ʕāqa), عرقل (ar) (ʕárqala)
• Armenian: խոչընդոտել (hy) (xočëndotel)
• Aromanian: ncheadic (rup)
• 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) (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 (pl), 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)

• Czech: ztěžovat (cs), komplikovat (cs)
• 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 (de)
• Greek: παρεμποδίζω (el) (parempodízo) (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/, X-SAMPA: /"haIn.d@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhaɪn.dɚ/, X-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 usage examples 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) (zaden)
• 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) (zadnij)

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 usage examples 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”). Cognate to German Low German hinder, hinter and 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