hinwirken
German, verb/ˈhɪnˌvɪʁkŋ̩/
hinwirken is spelled H-I-N-W-I-R-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinwirken is a German verb meaning “to work towards (a goal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an der Erreichung eines bestimmten Ziels arbeiten, etwas anstreben”.
What does hinwirken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work towards (a goal)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an der Erreichung eines bestimmten Ziels arbeiten, etwas anstreben
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 hinwirken
- wirkt hin present singular third-person
- wirkte hin past
- hingewirkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hinwirkend participle present
- hinzuwirken infinitive infinitive-zu
- wirke hin first-person indicative present
- wirken hin first-person indicative plural
- wirkst hin indicative present second-person
- wirkest hin second-person singular subjunctive
- wirket hin plural second-person subjunctive
- wirkten hin first-person indicative plural
- wirktest hin indicative preterite second-person
- wirktet hin indicative plural preterite
- wirk hin! imperative singular
- wirke hin! imperative singular
- wirkt hin! imperative plural
- hingewirkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinwirken?
- /ˈhɪnˌvɪʁkŋ̩/
- [ˈhɪnˌvɪʁkn̩]
- [ˈhɪnˌvɪʁkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinwirken in German?
hinwirken 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).