hinweisen

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German

Etymology

From hin- +‎ weisen.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hin‧wei‧sen
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪnˌvaɪ̯zən/,

Verb

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
    Er hat mich auf meinen Fehler hingewiesen.
    He pointed out my mistake to me.
    (literally, “He informed me about my mistake.”)

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Further reading

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