hinstarren

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German

Etymology

hin +‎ starren

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  • Hyphenation: hin‧star‧ren

Verb

hinstarren (weak, third-person singular present starrt hin, past tense starrte hin, past participle hingestarrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (with preposition zu) to stare at
  2. (followed by vor sich) to stare into space
    • 1908, Walther Kabel, Das Tagebuch eines Irren, in: Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens, vol. 9, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 131:
      Minutenlang saß er dann bewegungslos, unfähig klar zu denken, da und starrte wie hypnotisiert vor sich hin.
      Then he sat there for minutes, stock-still, unable to think clearly, and stared into space like hypnotized.

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