hinfahren

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hinvarn, from Old High German hinafaran. Equivalent to hin- +‎ fahren.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hinfahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present fährt hin, past tense fuhr hin, past participle hingefahren, past subjunctive führe hin, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to give a ride [auxiliary haben] (to drive for someone else to reach a destination)
    Hypernym: hinbringen
    Ich habe sie zur Arbeit hingefahren.I gave her a ride to the workplace.
  2. (intransitive) to drive [auxiliary sein] (to drive to a specified location)
    Hypernym: hingehen
    Er ist zum Krater hingefahren.He drove (up) to the crater.
  3. (intransitive, slightly poetic) to drive away, to drive off [auxiliary sein]
    Synonym: wegfahren
    Da fahren sie hin... kaum noch am Horizont zu sehen.There they drive away... barely (still) visible on the horizon.
  4. (intransitive, archaic, euphemistic) to decease [auxiliary sein]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sterben
  5. (intransitive, uncommon) to quickly wipe (away) (not repeatedly) [with über (+ accusative)] [auxiliary sein]
    mit der Handfläche glättend über das Tuch hinfahrento quickly wipe straighteningly across the piece of cloth

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Further reading

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  • hinfahren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hinfahren” in Duden online
  • hinfahren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon