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English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).
Pronunciation
Verb
hinder (third-person singular simple present hinders, present participle hindering, simple past and past participle hindered)
- (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
- Synonyms: delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart; see also Thesaurus:hinder
- Antonyms: assist, expedite, facilitate, help
A drought hinders the growth of plants.
1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 75, column 2:We doubt not of a faire and luckie Warre, / Since God ſo graciouſly hath brought to light / This dangerous Treaſon, lurking in our way, / To hinder our beginnings.
2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 5 December 2018:Arsenal were playing without a recognised full-back – their defence comprising four centre-halves – and the lack of width was hindering their progress.
- (transitive, intransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
- She hindered a man from committing suicide.
- Synonyms: bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop
- Antonyms: aid, assist, help
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 28, column 1:Then let me goe, and hinder not my courſe: [...]
1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Who Heir?”, in Two Treatises of Government: , London: Awnsham Churchill, , →OCLC, book I, paragraph 142, pages 181–182:[I]f in thoſe days Cham and Japhet, and other Parents beſides the Eldest Son were Heads and Princes over their Families, and had a right to divide the Earth by Families, what hinders Younger Brothers, being Fathers of Families from having the ſame right, [...]
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
Derived terms
Translations
to make difficult to accomplish
- Albanian: mbodhis (sq), vonoj (sq)
- Aleut: ayqiniisax̂talix
- Arabic: عَاقَ (ʕāqa), عَرْقَلَ (ʕarqala), مَنَعَ (ar) (manaʕa)
- Armenian: խոչընդոտել (hy) (xočʻəndotel), խանգարել (hy) (xangarel)
- Bulgarian: затруднявам (bg) (zatrudnjavam)
- Catalan: destorbar (ca), dificultar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 阻礙/阻碍 (zh-min-nan), 阻礙/阻碍 (zh-min-nan) (chó͘-gāi)
- Mandarin: 妨礙/妨碍 (zh) (fáng'ài), 阻礙/阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 阻礙/阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài)
- Czech: ztěžovat, komplikovat
- Danish: hindre
- Dutch: hinderen (nl) (hinder), moeilijk maken (nl) (make difficult)
- Esperanto: malhelpi (eo)
- Estonian: takistama, pidurdama, tagasi hoidma
- Finnish: estää (fi), haitata (fi), vaikeuttaa (fi)
- French: entraver (fr)
- Galician: dificultar (gl), estorbar
- Georgian: აბრკოლებს (abrḳolebs), აფერხებს (aperxebs), ხელს უშლის (xels ušlis), ურთულებს (urtulebs), აკავებს (aḳavebs), ბოჭავს (boč̣avs)
- German: erschweren (de)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan)
- Greek: παρεμποδίζω (el) (parempodízo)
- Ancient: κολύω (kolúō)
- Hungarian: meggátol (hu), megakadályoz (hu)
- Ingrian: estää
- Italian: impedire (it)
- Japanese: 妨げる (ja) (さまたげる, samatageru)
- Korean: 저지하다 (jeojihada)
- Latin: obstō (la), officiō
- Maori: whakakōpekapeka, whakakōroiroi
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: hemme
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hemme
- Oromo: gufachiisuu
- Persian: دشوار کردن (došvâr kardan)
- Polish: utrudniać (pl) impf, utrudnić (pl) pf, przeszkadzać (pl) impf, przeszkodzić (pl) pf, powstrzymywać (pl) impf, powstrzymać (pl) pf
- Portuguese: dificultar (pt), frustrar (pt)
- Romanian: împiedica (ro), stânjeni (ro), îngreuna (ro)
- Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ), помеша́ть (ru) pf (pomešátʹ), препя́тствовать (ru) impf (prepjátstvovatʹ), воспрепя́тствовать (ru) pf (vosprepjátstvovatʹ), стесня́ть (ru) impf (stesnjátʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: спречити, отежавати
- Roman: sprečiti (sh), otežavati (sh)
- Slovak: sťažovať, prekážať, brániť, brzdiť, komplikovať
- Spanish: impedir (es), (formally) obstar (es), dificultar (es), estorbar (es)
- Swahili: kinga (sw), kinza
- Swedish: hindra (sv), försvåra (sv) (to make difficult)
- Tamil: தடு (ta) (taṭu)
- Thai: กีดขวาง (th) (gèet-kwăang), กีด (th) (gèet)
- Tocharian B: täṅk-
- Welsh: rhwystro (cy)
- Yiddish: שטערן (shtern)
- Zazaki: deswar kerden
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to keep back; to delay or impede
- Albanian: pengoj (sq)
- Arabic: عَاقَ (ʕāqa), عَرْقَلَ (ʕarqala)
- Armenian: խոչընդոտել (hy) (xočʻəndotel)
- Aromanian: ncheadic
- Bulgarian: преча (bg) (preča), спъвам (bg) (spǎvam)
- Catalan: destorbar (ca), dificultar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 阻住 (zo2 zyu6)
- Hokkien: 阻礙/阻碍 (zh-min-nan), 阻礙/阻碍 (zh-min-nan) (chó͘-gāi)
- Mandarin: 妨礙/妨碍 (zh) (fáng'ài), 阻礙/阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 阻礙/阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài)
- Czech: překážet (cs), bránit (cs), zdržovat (cs)
- Danish: hindre
- Dutch: hinderen (nl) (hinder, impede), verhinderen (nl) (hinder, impede), vertragen (nl) (delay)
- Esperanto: malhelpi (eo)
- Estonian: takistama
- Faroese: hindra, forða, tálma, tarna
- Finnish: estää (fi), haitata (fi), viivyttää (fi), pidättää (fi)
- French: entraver (fr), délayer (fr)
- Galician: impedir (gl), estorbar, atrapallar (gl), avetar, toller (gl), pexar, engueimar, barar, enfezar, encalfurnar
- Georgian: ხელის შეშლა (xelis šešla), შეფერხება (šeperxeba), დაბრკოლება (dabrḳoleba)
- German: hindern (de), behindern (de), erschweren (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (analatjan)
- Greek: παρεμποδίζω (el) (parempodízo)
- Ancient: κωλύω (kōlúō), ἐγκόπτω (enkóptō)
- Hindi: रोकना (hi) (roknā)
- Hungarian: gátol (hu), akadályoz (hu), feltart (hu)
- Icelandic: varna, tálma
- Italian: ostacolare (it), ritardare (it), intralciare (it), impedire (it)
- Japanese: 妨げる (ja) (さまたげる, samatageru)
- Khmer: ពាំង (km) (bpēiəng)
- Korean: 방해하다 (ko) (banghaehada)
- Latin: impediō
- Low German:
- German Low German: hinnern, behinnern
- Luxembourgish: hënneren, behënneren
- Maori: whakakōpekapeka
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: hindre (no), forhindre (no)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hindre, forhindre
- Old English: hindrian
- Persian: بازداشتن (fa)
- Polish: wstrzymywać (pl), opóźniać (pl)
- Portuguese: impedir (pt), reter (pt), entravar (pt), estorvar (pt), atrapalhar (pt)
- Romanian: împiedica (ro), reține (ro)
- Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ), помеша́ть (ru) pf (pomešátʹ), препя́тствовать (ru) impf (prepjátstvovatʹ), воспрепя́тствовать (ru) pf (vosprepjátstvovatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: спречити, запречавати, кочити, одмоћи
- Roman: sprečiti (sh), zaprečavati, kočiti (sh), odmoći
- Slovak: spomaľovať, brzdiť, brániť, zdržovať, prekážať, blokovať, stáť v ceste
- Slovene: ovirati
- Spanish: estorbar (es), impedir (es), entorpecer (es)
- Swahili: zuia (sw), pinga
- Swedish: hindra (sv), fördröja (sv) (to delay)
- Thai: หยุดยั้ง (yòot yáng)
- Urdu: روکنا (roknā)
- Yiddish: שטערן (shtern)
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Etymology 2
comparative form of hind: more hind
Pronunciation
Adjective
hinder (not comparable)
- 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
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:Let no man say that the Devil is not a cruel tyrant. He may give his folk some scrapings of unhallowed pleasure, but he will exact tithes, yea, of anise and cummin, in return, and there is aye the reckoning to pay at the hinder end.
1990, C. W. H. Havard, editor, Black's Medical Dictionary, 36th edition, page 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, […]
Adjective
hinder
- comparative form of hind: more hind
Usage notes
Most current uses of this adjective occur in anatomical contexts.
Quotations
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of or belonging to that part in the rear”): fore, front
Related terms
Translations
of or belonging to that part in the rear
- Arabic: خَلْفِيّ (ḵalfiyy)
- Armenian: ետևի (etewi), ետին (hy) (etin)
- Bulgarian: заден (bg) (zaden)
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 後面/后面 (zh-min-nan) (āu-bīn)
- Mandarin: 後面/后面 (zh) (hòumiàn)
- Danish: bagest, bag-
- Dutch: achterste (nl)
- Esperanto: malantaŭa
- Faroese: aftastur, aftari, afturi
- Finnish: taka- (fi), perä-
- French: arrière (fr), derrière (fr)
- Georgian: უკანა (uḳana)
- German: Hinter- (de), hinter (de)
- Greek: πισινός (el) (pisinós), οπίσθιος (el) (opísthios)
- Hungarian: hátsó (hu)
- Japanese: 後ろの (ushiro no)
- Khmer: ខាងក្រោយ (kāng graoī)
- Korean: 뒤 (ko) (dwi)
- Latin: āversus, posterior
- Macedonian: заден (zaden)
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: bakre, bak-
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bakre, bakare, bak-
- Polish: tylny (pl) m
- Portuguese: traseiro (pt), posterior (pt)
- Russian: за́дний (ru) (zádnij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: стражњи, задњи
- Roman: stražnji (sh), zadnji (sh)
- Slovak: zadný (sk)
- Swedish: bakre (sv), compounds with bak (sv)
- Thai: ส่วนหลัง (sùan lăng), ข้างหลัง (kâang-lǎng), หลัง (th) (lǎng)
- Ukrainian: задній (zadnij)
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Noun
hinder (plural hinders)
- (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
1997, Richard Laliberte, Stephen C. George, The Men's Health Guide to Peak Conditioning, →ISBN, 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
Translations
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
From the verb hindre (“to hinder”). Compare Swedish hinder, German Low German hinder, hinter, Dutch hinder.
Pronunciation
Noun
hinder n
- (obsolete) hindrance, obstacle, impediment, obstruction
- in the modern language only in the expression være til hinder (“to be in the way”)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
hinder c
- indefinite plural of hind
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
hinder c
- indefinite plural of hinde
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hinder, from the verb hinderen.
Noun
hinder m (uncountable)
- hindrance, impediment, obstruction
- Hij ondervindt veel hinder van de chronische ziekte. ― He experiences much hindrance due to the chronic disease.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
hinder
- inflection of hinderen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
German
Pronunciation
Verb
hinder
- inflection of hindern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French aider (“to help”).
Verb
hinder
- (Saint-Domingue) to help
- Hinder nion monde dans bisoin. ― To help a person in need.
References
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hindr.
Noun
hinder n (definite singular hinderet or hindret, indefinite plural hinder or hindre, definite plural hindra or hindrene)
- obstacle, hindrance, impediment
- fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
- hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)
References
- “hinder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “hinder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hindr.
Noun
hinder n (definite singular hinderet, indefinite plural hinder, definite plural hindera)
- obstacle, hindrance, impediment
- fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
- hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)
References
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
hinder n
- an obstacle, an obstruction
Hästen hoppade över ett hinder- The horse jumped an obstacle
En stor sten mitt i vägen är ett hinder- A big rock in the middle of the road is an obstacle
- (figuratively) an obstacle, a barrier, a hindrance, a hurdle, etc.
hinder för effektiv kommunikation- barriers to effective communication
att stöta på hinder- to run into obstacles
Usage notes
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Anagrams