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hinfahren
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German hinvarn, from Old High German hinafaran. Equivalent to hin- + fahren.
Pronunciation
Verb
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)
- (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.
- (intransitive) to drive [auxiliary sein] (to drive to a specified location)
- Hypernym: hingehen
- Er ist zum Krater hingefahren. ― He drove (up) to the crater.
- (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.
- (intransitive, archaic, euphemistic) to decease [auxiliary sein]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sterben
- (intransitive, uncommon) to quickly wipe (away) (not repeatedly) [with über (+ accusative)] [auxiliary sein]
- mit der Handfläche glättend über das Tuch hinfahren ― to quickly wipe straighteningly across the piece of cloth
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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