German edit

Etymology edit

hin- +‎ werfen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩/
  • Hyphenation: hin‧wer‧fen
  • (file)

Verb edit

hinwerfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirft hin, past tense warf hin, past participle hingeworfen, past subjunctive würfe hin, auxiliary haben)

  1. to throw (away from speaker)
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Jeremiah 36:30 (with KJV translation)
      Darum spricht der HERR von Jojakim, dem König Juda's: Es soll keiner von den Seinen auf dem Stuhl Davids sitzen, und sein Leichnam soll hingeworfen des Tages in der Hitze und des Nachts im Frost liegen;
      Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
  2. (colloquial) to give up (suddenly because of frustration or other emotion), to throw in the towel

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • hinwerfen” in Duden online
  • hinwerfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache