hinfahren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hinvarn, from Old High German hinafaran. Equivalent to hin- +‎ fahren. === Pronunciation === === Verb === hinfahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present fährt hin, past tense fuhr hin, past participle hingefahren, past subjunctive führe hin, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to give a ride [auxiliary haben] (to drive for someone else to reach a destination) Hypernym: hinbringen Ich habe sie zur Arbeit hingefahren. ― I gave her a ride to the workplace. (intransitive) to drive [auxiliary sein] (to drive to a specified location) Hypernym: hingehen Er ist zum Krater hingefahren. ― He drove (up) to the crater. (intransitive, slightly poetic) to drive away, to drive off [auxiliary sein] Synonym: wegfahren Da fahren sie hin... kaum noch am Horizont zu sehen. ― There they drive away... barely (still) visible on the horizon. (intransitive, archaic, euphemistic) to decease [auxiliary sein] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sterben (intransitive, uncommon) to quickly wipe (away) (not repeatedly) [with über (+ accusative)] [auxiliary sein] mit der Handfläche glättend über das Tuch hinfahren ― to quickly wipe straighteningly across the piece of cloth ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “hinfahren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “hinfahren” in Duden online “hinfahren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon