hinweggehen
German, verb/hɪnˈvɛkˌɡeːən/
hinweggehen is spelled H-I-N-W-E-G-G-E-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinweggehen is a German verb meaning “to overlook, to ignore, to bypass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hinweggehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overlook, to ignore, to bypass
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hinweggehen
- geht hinweg present singular third-person
- ging hinweg past
- hinweggegangen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- hinweggehend participle present
- hinwegzugehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- gehe hinweg first-person indicative present
- gehen hinweg first-person indicative plural
- gehst hinweg indicative present second-person
- gehest hinweg second-person singular subjunctive
- gehet hinweg plural second-person subjunctive
- gingen hinweg first-person indicative plural
- ginge hinweg first-person singular subjunctive
- gingst hinweg indicative preterite second-person
- gingt hinweg indicative plural preterite
- gingest hinweg second-person singular subjunctive
- ginget hinweg plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinweggehen?
- /hɪnˈvɛkˌɡeːən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinweggehen in German?
hinweggehen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).