hinwegsehen

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German

Etymology

hinweg- +‎ sehen

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  • Hyphenation: hin‧weg‧sehen

Verb

hinwegsehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht hinweg, past tense sah hinweg, past participle hinweggesehen, past subjunctive sähe hinweg, auxiliary haben)

  1. to look over
    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
      Aber der Angeklagte schien nichts davon zu bemerken, demütig stand er vor dem Auskunftgeber, der über ihn hinwegsah, und suchte nur seine Anwesenheit zu entschuldigen.
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  2. (figuratively) to overlook, to ignore

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