hinan
German, adverb/hɪˈnan/
hinan is spelled H-I-N-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinan is a German adverb meaning “up; upward; upwards (from the own location upwards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von hier nach oben”.
What does hinan mean in English?
adverb
- 1
up; upward; upwards (from the own location upwards)
Wir müssen diesen Berg hinan, und das braucht seine Zeit.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. von hier nach oben
prefix: 1. von hier unten nach da oben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce hinan?
- /hɪˈnan/
- [hɪˈnan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinan in German?
hinan appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).