No. 14,293 in German
hintereinander
"One after another" or "in succession."
In a sentence
Sie liefen hintereinander durch den Wald.
They walked one after the other through the forest.
Here, 'hintereinander' is used adverbially to describe the action of walking one behind the other sequentially.
Er hat drei Bücher hintereinander gelesen.
He read three books in a row.
In this case, 'hintereinander' is used to indicate successive actions without interruption.
Die Autos parkten hintereinander entlang der Straße.
The cars were parked one behind the other along the street.
Here, 'hintereinander' describes the spatial arrangement of the cars, positioned in a row.
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