See also: Hinweisen

German

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Etymology

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From hin- +‎ weisen.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hin‧wei‧sen
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪnˌvaɪ̯zən/, [ˈhɪnˌvaɪ̯zn̩]

Verb

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hinweisen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weist hin, past tense wies hin, past participle hingewiesen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to indicate
    Darauf wird mit Warnschildern am Standort deutlich hingewiesen.
    This is clearly indicated on warning signs at the site.
  2. (transitive) to point out [with accusative ‘to someone’ and auf (+ accusative) ‘a mistake, etc.’]
    Er hat mich auf meinen Fehler hingewiesen.
    He pointed out my mistake to me.
    (literally, “He informed me about my mistake.”)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • hinweisen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hinweisen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hinweisen” in Duden online
  • hinweisen” in OpenThesaurus.de