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hinaus

out

adverb hi-NOWS Less Common
Travel & Places Directions

Also means

outward

Usage Note

hinaus signals motion 'out' away from the speaker, the hin- counterpart to heraus (out toward the speaker). It lives in the key idiom über etwas hinaus (beyond something) and in separable verbs like hinausgehen (to go out).

Examples

"Sie ging in den Garten hinaus."

Natural Translation

She went out into the garden.

Literal Translation

She went into the garden out.

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