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From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”).

385 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отза́д (otzád) — at the back part; in the rear
• Catalan: darrere — at the back part; in the rear
• Catalan: rere — at the back part; in the rear
• Chamicuro: yajtikini — at the back part; in the rear
• Chechen: тӏаьхьа (tʼäḥra) — at the back part; in the rear
• Czech: vzadu — at the back part; in the rear
• Danish: bagud — at the back part; in the rear
• Finnish: takana — at the back part; in the rear
• Finnish: takaosassa — at the back part; in the rear
• Finnish: jäljessä — at the back part; in the rear
• Galician: detrás — at the back part; in the rear
• German: hinten — at the back part; in the rear
• Hindi: पीछे (pīche) — at the back part; in the rear
• Hittite: 𒀀𒀊𒉺 (a-ap-pa) — at the back part; in the rear
• Hungarian: hátul — at the back part; in the rear
• Ingush: тӏехьа (tʼeḥra) — at the back part; in the rear
• Irish: ar gcúl — at the back part; in the rear
• Irish: ar deireadh — at the back part; in the rear
• Italian: dietro — at the back part; in the rear
• Macedonian: позади (pozadi) — at the back part; in the rear
• Portuguese: para trás — at the back part; in the rear
• Romanian: în urmă — at the back part; in the rear
• Romanian: în spate — at the back part; in the rear
• Russian: сза́ди (szádi) — at the back part; in the rear
• Russian: позади́ (pozadí) — at the back part; in the rear
• Slovak: vzadu — at the back part; in the rear
• Lower Sorbian: slězy — at the back part; in the rear
• Spanish: detrás — at the back part; in the rear
• Spanish: arredro — at the back part; in the rear
• Swahili: nyuma — at the back part; in the rear
• Swedish: bakom — at the back part; in the rear
• Ukrainian: поза́ду (pozádu) — at the back part; in the rear
• Urdu: پیچھے (pīche) — at the back part; in the rear
• Catalan: endarrere — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Catalan: enrere — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Czech: zpátky — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Danish: tilbage — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Finnish: taakse — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Finnish: jälkeen — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Hungarian: hátra — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Irish: ar gcúl — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Portuguese: para trás — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Romanian: spre spate — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Romanian: îndărăt — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Romanian: spre-napoi — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Russian: наза́д (nazád) — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Russian: вспять (vspjatʹ) — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Slovak: späť — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Spanish: atrás — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Swedish: baktill — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Welsh: tu cefn — toward the back part or rear; backward
• Danish: tilbage — so as to be still in place afterwards
• Finnish: jälkeensä — so as to be still in place afterwards
• Finnish: jäljelle — so as to be still in place afterwards
• Welsh: tu cefn — so as to be still in place afterwards
• Catalan: enrere — backward in time or order of succession
• Finnish: takana — backward in time or order of succession
• Finnish: piilossa — not yet brought forward
• Finnish: löytymättä — not yet brought forward
• Acehnese: likôt — rear, back-end
• Bulgarian: задница (zadnica) — rear, back-end
• Catalan: darrere — rear, back-end
• Danish: bagside — rear, back-end
• Dutch: achtereind — rear, back-end
• Dutch: achtereinde — rear, back-end
• Dutch: achterkant — rear, back-end
• Dutch: achterzijde — rear, back-end
• Estonian: tagaosa — rear, back-end
• Finnish: takaosa — rear, back-end
• Finnish: takapuoli — rear, back-end
• Finnish: perä — rear, back-end
• Finnish: peräpää — rear, back-end
• French: revers — rear, back-end
• Hindi: पीछा (pīchā) — rear, back-end
• Hungarian: hátsó rész — rear, back-end
• Hungarian: hátulja — rear, back-end
• Norwegian Bokmål: bak — rear, back-end
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakside — rear, back-end
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakdel — rear, back-end
• Occitan: darrièr — rear, back-end
• Polish: tył — rear, back-end
• Polish: zad — rear, back-end
• Portuguese: traseira — rear, back-end
• Romanian: spate — rear, back-end
• Romanian: urmă — rear, back-end
• Russian: зад (zad) — rear, back-end
• Russian: тыл (tyl) — rear, back-end
• Slovak: zadok — rear, back-end
• Slovene: zádnji dél — rear, back-end
• Swahili: nyuma — rear, back-end
• Swedish: bak — rear, back-end
• Swedish: baksida — rear, back-end
• Swedish: akter — rear, back-end
• Swedish: ända — rear, back-end
• Ukrainian: зад (zad) — rear, back-end
• Urdu: پیچھا (pīchā) — rear, back-end
• Bulgarian: задник (zadnik) — buttocks
• Catalan: darrere — buttocks
• Danish: bagdel — buttocks
• Danish: rumpe — buttocks
• Dutch: achterste — buttocks
• Dutch: achterwerk — buttocks
• Dutch: achterhand — buttocks
• Esperanto: postaĵo — buttocks
• Estonian: tagumik — buttocks
• Finnish: takapuoli — buttocks
• Finnish: takamus — buttocks
• Finnish: peppu — buttocks
• Finnish: pakarat — buttocks
• Finnish: perä — buttocks
• French: derrière — buttocks
• German: Hintern — buttocks
• Hungarian: fenék — buttocks
• Hungarian: far — buttocks
• Hungarian: ülep — buttocks
• Hungarian: hátsó — buttocks
• Ingrian: perä — buttocks
• Ingrian: peppo — buttocks
• Ingrian: pers — buttocks
• Japanese: 尻 (shiri) — buttocks
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakdel — buttocks
• Norwegian Bokmål: rumpe — buttocks
• Norwegian Bokmål: bak — buttocks
• Polish: dupa — buttocks
• Polish: zad — buttocks
• Portuguese: traseiro — buttocks
• Portuguese: bunda — buttocks
• Russian: зад (zad) — buttocks
• Russian: за́дница (zádnica) — buttocks
• Inari-Sami: pottâ — buttocks
• Northern Sami: čurti — buttocks
• Northern Sami: bahta — buttocks
• Skolt-Sami: põtt — buttocks
• Southern Sami: ravve — buttocks
• Southern Sami: råvve — buttocks
• Slovak: zadok — buttocks
• Slovak: pozadie — buttocks
• Slovene: zádnjica — buttocks
• Swedish: bak — buttocks
• Swedish: ända — buttocks
• Ukrainian: зад (zad) — buttocks
• Ukrainian: ду́па (dúpa) — buttocks
• Ukrainian: сра́ка (sráka) — buttocks
• Afrikaans: agter — at the back of
• Albanian: prapa — at the back of
• Arabic: وَرَاءَ (warāʔa) — at the back of
• Arabic: خَلْفَ (ḵalfa) — at the back of
• Arabic: ورا (warā) — at the back of
• Arabic: ورا (wara) — at the back of
• Arabic: مور (mūr) — at the back of
• Arabic: مورا (mūrā) — at the back of
• Arabic: ورا (wrā) — at the back of
• Arabic: ورا (wara) — at the back of
• Armenian: ետեւ (etew) — at the back of
• Armenian: հետեւ (hetew) — at the back of
• Aromanian: dupã — at the back of
• Aromanian: dupu — at the back of
• Aromanian: dipu — at the back of
• Aromanian: dipã — at the back of
• Assamese: -ৰ পিছত (-r pisot) — at the back of
• Azerbaijani: arxasında — at the back of
• Basque: atzean — at the back of
• Belarusian: за (za) — at the back of
• Bhojpuri: पीछे (pīchē) — at the back of
• Bulgarian: зад (zad) — at the back of
• Burmese: နောက် (nauk) — at the back of
• Catalan: darrere — at the back of
• Catalan: rere — at the back of
• Chinese Mandarin: ...後面 /...后面 (... hòumiàn) — at the back of
• Chinese Mandarin: ...後邊 /...后边 (... hòubiān) — at the back of
• Czech: za — at the back of
• Dalmatian: dri — at the back of
• Danish: bag ved — at the back of
• Dutch: achter — at the back of
• Dutch: achteraan — at the back of
• Esperanto: malantaŭ — at the back of
• Estonian: taga — at the back of
• Ewe: megbe — at the back of
• Finnish: takana — at the back of
• French: derrière — at the back of
• Saterland Frisian: bääte — at the back of
• West-Frisian: efter — at the back of
• Galician: detrás de — at the back of
• Galician: tras — at the back of
• Georgian: უკან (uḳan) — at the back of
• German: hinter — at the back of
• Greek: πίσω από (píso apó) — at the back of
• Ancient Greek: ὄπισθεν (ópisthen) — at the back of
• Haitian Creole: dèyè — at the back of
• Hebrew: מֵאָחוֹר (me'akhór) — at the back of
• Hebrew: מאחורי (me'akhoréi) — at the back of
• Hindi: के पीछे (ke pīche) — at the back of
• Hungarian: mögött — at the back of
• Hungarian: után — at the back of
• Ido: dop — at the back of
• Interlingua: detra — at the back of
• Irish: taobh thiar de — at the back of
• Irish: ar chúl — at the back of
• Istriot: dreîo — at the back of
• Italian: dietro — at the back of
• Japanese: ...の後ろに (...no ushiro ni) — at the back of
• Korean: 뒤에 (dwi-e) — at the back of
• Central Kurdish: پشتی (piştî) — at the back of
• Northern Kurdish: li pey — at the back of
• Ladino: detrás de — at the back of
• Latin: post — at the back of
• Latin: pōne — at the back of
• Latvian: aiz — at the back of
• Limburgish: achter — at the back of
• Limburgish: hönjer — at the back of
• Lithuanian: už — at the back of
• Macedonian: зад (zad) — at the back of
• Malay: di belakang — at the back of
• Maltese: wara — at the back of
• Navajo: bineʼgi — at the back of
• Navajo: bineʼdi — at the back of
• Norwegian: bak — at the back of
• Old Church Slavonic: за (za) — at the back of
• Old English: æfter — at the back of
• Papiamentu: patras — at the back of
• Pashto: له ... نه ورستو (lë ... na wrostô) — at the back of
• Pashto: د ... د ورستو (dë ... dë wrostô) — at the back of
• Pashto: تر شا (ter šâ) — at the back of
• Persian: پشت (pošt) — at the back of
• Pijin: bihaen — at the back of
• Polish: za — at the back of
• Portuguese: atrás — at the back of
• Portuguese: detrás de — at the back of
• Punjabi: پِچھّے (pnb) — at the back of
• Punjabi: ਪਿੱਛੇ (picchē) — at the back of
• Romanian: după — at the back of
• Romansh: davos — at the back of
• Russian: за (za) — at the back of
• Russian: сза́ди (szádi) — at the back of
• Russian: позади́ (pozadí) — at the back of
• Samoan: tua — at the back of
• Scottish Gaelic: air cùlaibh — at the back of
• Scottish Gaelic: air cùl — at the back of
• Serbo-Croatian: за — at the back of
• Serbo-Croatian: za — at the back of
• Slovak: za — at the back of
• Slovene: zadáj — at the back of
• Slovene: za — at the back of
• Lower Sorbian: za — at the back of
• Spanish: detrás de — at the back of
• Spanish: atrás — at the back of
• Swahili: nyuma — at the back of
• Swedish: bakom — at the back of
• Tagalog: sa likod — at the back of
• Telugu: వెనక (venaka) — at the back of
• Thai: ข้างหลัง (kâang lăng) — at the back of
• Tonga (Zambia): kusule — at the back of
• Turkish: arkasında — at the back of
• Ukrainian: за (za) — at the back of
• Ukrainian: поза (poza) — at the back of
• Unami: wtenk — at the back of
• Urdu: کے پیچھے (ke pīche) — at the back of
• Venetan: drio — at the back of
• Vietnamese: sau — at the back of
• Volapük: po — at the back of
• Walloon: dirî — at the back of
• Walloon: padrî — at the back of
• Welsh: tu cefn — at the back of
• Welsh: tu cefn i — at the back of
• West Flemish: bachtn — at the back of
• Yiddish: הינטער (hinter) — at the back of
• Zulu: emuva — at the back of
• Albanian: prapa — to the back of
• Arabic: وَرَاء (warāʔ) — to the back of
• Arabic: خَلْفَ (ḵalfa) — to the back of
• Arabic: ورا (wara) — to the back of
• Azerbaijani: geri — to the back of
• Belarusian: за (za) — to the back of
• Bulgarian: наза́д (nazád) — to the back of
• Catalan: endarrere — to the back of
• Catalan: enrere — to the back of
• Chinese Mandarin: ...後面 /...后面 (... hòumiàn) — to the back of
• Chinese Mandarin: ...後邊 /...后边 (... hòubiān) — to the back of
• Czech: za — to the back of
• Danish: bag ved — to the back of
• Danish: bagefter — to the back of
• Dutch: achteraan — to the back of
• Estonian: taha — to the back of
• Ewe: megbe — to the back of
• Finnish: taakse — to the back of
• French: derrière — to the back of
• West-Frisian: efter — to the back of
• Georgian: უკან (uḳan) — to the back of
• German: hinter — to the back of
• Haitian Creole: dèyè — to the back of
• Hebrew: מֵאָחוֹר (me'akhór) — to the back of
• Hebrew: מאחורי (me'akhoréi) — to the back of
• Hindi: के पीछे (ke pīche) — to the back of
• Hungarian: mögé — to the back of
• Interlingua: detra — to the back of
• Italian: dietro — to the back of
• Central Kurdish: پشت (pişt) — to the back of
• Central Kurdish: پاش (paş) — to the back of
• Latin: post — to the back of
• Latvian: aiz — to the back of
• Malay: ke belakang — to the back of
• Norwegian: bak — to the back of
• Polish: z tyłu — to the back of
• Portuguese: atrás — to the back of
• Russian: за (za) — to the back of
• Slovak: za — to the back of
• Slovene: nazáj — to the back of
• Slovene: za — to the back of
• Lower Sorbian: za — to the back of
• Spanish: detrás — to the back of
• Swahili: nyuma — to the back of
• Swedish: bakom — to the back of
• Tagalog: sa likod — to the back of
• Telugu: వెనక్కి (venakki) — to the back of
• Unami: wtenk — to the back of
• Urdu: کے پیچھے (ke pīche) — to the back of
• Welsh: tu cefn — to the back of
• Welsh: tu cefn i — to the back of
• Yiddish: הינטער (hinter) — to the back of
• Zazaki: peydı — to the back of
• Zulu: ngasemuva — to the back of
• Albanian: pas — after, time- or motion-wise
• Arabic: وَرَاءَ (warāʔa) — after, time- or motion-wise
• Bulgarian: зад (zad) — after, time- or motion-wise
• Catalan: després — after, time- or motion-wise
• Danish: bagefter — after, time- or motion-wise
• Danish: efter — after, time- or motion-wise
• Dutch: na — after, time- or motion-wise
• Estonian: taga — after, time- or motion-wise
• Ewe: megbe — after, time- or motion-wise
• Finnish: takana — after, time- or motion-wise
• Finnish: jäljessä — after, time- or motion-wise
• French: après — after, time- or motion-wise
• German: hinter — after, time- or motion-wise
• Hebrew: מאחורי (me'akhoréi) — after, time- or motion-wise
• Hungarian: valaminek a végén — after, time- or motion-wise
• Hungarian: hátul — after, time- or motion-wise
• Hungarian: után — after, time- or motion-wise
• Italian: dopo — after, time- or motion-wise
• Latin: post — after, time- or motion-wise
• Latvian: pirms — after, time- or motion-wise
• Malay: sesudah — after, time- or motion-wise
• Norwegian: bak — after, time- or motion-wise
• Old English: æfter — after, time- or motion-wise
• Polish: po — after, time- or motion-wise
• Portuguese: depois — after, time- or motion-wise
• Russian: позади́ (pozadí) — after, time- or motion-wise
• Russian: по́сле (pósle) — after, time- or motion-wise
• Slovak: po — after, time- or motion-wise
• Slovak: za — after, time- or motion-wise
• Slovene: po — after, time- or motion-wise
• Slovene: za — after, time- or motion-wise
• Spanish: después — after, time- or motion-wise
• Swahili: nyuma — after, time- or motion-wise
• Swedish: efter — after, time- or motion-wise
• Zulu: emuva — after, time- or motion-wise
• Finnish: takana — responsible for
• Hungarian: mögött — responsible for
• Norwegian: stå bak — responsible for
• Polish: za — responsible for
• Portuguese: por trás — responsible for
• Slovak: za — responsible for
• Albanian: prapa — in support of
• Albanian: pas — in support of
• Bulgarian: зад (zad) — in support of
• Catalan: darrere — in support of
• Catalan: a favor de — in support of
• Danish: bag — in support of
• Dutch: achter — in support of
• Estonian: taga — in support of
• Ewe: megbe — in support of
• Finnish: takana — in support of
• French: derrière — in support of
• Hebrew: מאחורי (me'akhoréi) — in support of
• Central Kurdish: پشت گرتن (pişt girtin) — in support of
• Norwegian: bak — in support of
• Polish: (być) za — in support of
• Portuguese: apoiando — in support of
• Russian: за (za) — in support of
• Russian: за спино́й (za spinój) — in support of
• Slovak: za — in support of
• Slovene: za — in support of
• Swahili: nyuma — in support of
• Swedish: bakom — in support of
• Tagalog: nasa likod — in support of