hinwerfen
German, verb/ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩/
hinwerfen is spelled H-I-N-W-E-R-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinwerfen is a German verb meaning “to throw (away from speaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung schleudern”.
What does hinwerfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throw (away from speaker)
- 2
colloquialto give up (suddenly because of frustration or other emotion), to throw in the towel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung schleudern 2. sich auf den Boden fallen lassen 3. eine Sache (aus Versehen) herunterfallen lassen 4. etwas irgendwohin wegschleudern
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 hinwerfen
- wirft hin present singular third-person
- warf hin past
- hingeworfen participle past
- würfe hin past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- hinwerfend participle present
- hinzuwerfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- werfe hin first-person indicative present
- werfen hin first-person indicative plural
- wirfst hin indicative present second-person
- werft hin indicative plural present
- werfest hin second-person singular subjunctive
- werfet hin plural second-person subjunctive
- warfen hin first-person indicative plural
- würfen hin first-person formal plural
- warfst hin indicative preterite second-person
- warft hin indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinwerfen?
- /ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩/
- [ˈhɪnˌvɛʁfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hinwerfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinwerfen in German?
hinwerfen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).