Hinweis
German, noun/ˈhɪnvaɪ̯s/
Hinweis is spelled H-I-N-W-E-I-S (7 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinweis is a German masculine noun meaning “hint; clue; pointer; an act or thing which makes someone aware of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Handlung, jemanden auf etwas aufmerksam zu machen”.
What does Hinweis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehint; clue; pointer; an act or thing which makes someone aware of something
- 2
masculineevidence, cue
- 3
masculineadvice, instruction
Hinweise zur Benutzung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Handlung, jemanden auf etwas aufmerksam zu machen 2. etwas, das jemanden auf etwas aufmerksam macht
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 Hinweis
- Hinweises genitive
- Hinweise plural
- Hinweisen dative definite plural
- Hinw. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hinweis?
- /ˈhɪnvaɪ̯s/
- [ˈhɪnˌvaɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hinweis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hinweis in German?
Hinweis appears 45 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).