hinwegfegen
German, verb[hɪnˈvɛkˌfeːɡn̩]
hinwegfegen is spelled H-I-N-W-E-G-F-E-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinwegfegen is a German verb meaning “to sweep away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnell über etwas hinwegbewegen”.
What does hinwegfegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sweep away
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schnell über etwas hinwegbewegen 2. heftig, schwungvoll, mit Macht entfernen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hinwegfegen
- fegt hinweg present singular third-person
- fegte hinweg past
- hinweggefegt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hinwegfegend participle present
- hinwegzufegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- fege hinweg first-person indicative present
- fegen hinweg first-person indicative plural
- fegst hinweg indicative present second-person
- fegest hinweg second-person singular subjunctive
- feget hinweg plural second-person subjunctive
- fegten hinweg first-person indicative plural
- fegtest hinweg indicative preterite second-person
- fegtet hinweg indicative plural preterite
- fege hinweg! imperative singular
- feg hinweg! imperative singular
- fegt hinweg! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinwegfegen?
- [hɪnˈvɛkˌfeːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinwegfegen in German?
hinwegfegen 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).