hinder
English
/ˈhɪndə/, /ˈhɪndɚ/, /ˈhaɪn.də/, /ˈhaɪn.dɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
- (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
- (transitive) To cause harm.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hindren inherited from Old English hindrian inherited from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną (put back), *hinder (behind, beyond, back).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hinder
Gloss
behind, beyond, back
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
後, 背
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- contra English
- contra- English
- contragredient English
- hinderance English
- hinderer English
- hinderest English
- hindereth English
- hinderland English
- hinderling English
- hinderment English
- hindersome English
- hindrance English
- hinterland English
- hinterlander English
- land English
- *contrata, *(terra) contrata Latin
- contra Latin
- contrarotulum Latin
- rotulus Latin
- Hinterland German
- Land German
- hinderlich German
- hindern German
- hinter German
- verhindern German
- kontra- Hungarian
- contra Italian
- contra- Italian
- hinderen Dutch, Flemish
- hindernis Dutch, Flemish
- verhinderen Dutch, Flemish
- contra- French
- contra Spanish, Castilian
- contra- Spanish, Castilian
- contrarrestar Spanish, Castilian
- *k(')enta Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱem-ta- Proto-Indo-European
- contra Portuguese
- contra- Portuguese
- *hinder Proto-Germanic
- *hindrōną Proto-Germanic
- hindan Old English
- hindrian Old English
- hinderling Middle English
- hindren Middle English
- hindra Old Norse
- hindre Danish
- contre Old French
- contree Old French
- contrepartie Old French
- contra Catalan, Valencian
- contra- Catalan, Valencian
- contra Galician
- către Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- hinderen Middle Dutch
- (*)hindar Old High German
- hinder Old High German
- hintar Old High German
- 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *hinder gmw-pro
- hindiro Old Saxon
- contra Occitan
- könter Westrobothnian
- *komterād Proto-Italic
- contra Asturian
- cuintri Friulian
- contra Ladin