hinweisen
to point out
- Past (Präteritum)
- wies hin
- Past participle
- hingewiesen (haben)
A separable verb that often takes the preposition 'auf' followed by the accusative case to indicate what is being pointed out. It is a strong verb with the vowel change i-ie-ie in the past forms and participle (weisen-wies-gewiesen). It is frequently used to draw attention to facts, errors, or information sources like in the story where Sarah points out the backpack's location to Daniel through a statement of fact or gesture. It is also used in formal contexts to make references or point out potential problems (e.g., 'Er wies auf den Fehler hin'). The prefix 'hin-' indicates a direction towards an object or fact of interest. It is not a motion verb, thus it takes 'haben'. Compounds typically follow the same conjugation pattern as the base verb 'weisen'. Derivatives like 'nachweisen' (to prove) or 'anweisen' (to instruct) are common in professional or academic German. Note that 'hinweisen' focuses on drawing attention, whereas 'aufmerksam machen' is a synonymous expression often used in similar contexts.
Conjugation
Present
- weist hin
- present, singular, third-person
- weise hin
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- weisen hin
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- hinweise
- first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause
- hinweisen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- hinweist
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
Past
- wies hin
- past
- wiesen hin
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- wiesest hin
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- wiest hin
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- hinwies
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- hinwiesen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- hinwiesest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- hinwiest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- weise hin
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- weisen hin
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- weisest hin
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- weiset hin
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wiese hin
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wiesen hin
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wiesest hin
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wiest hin
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wieset hin
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- hinweise
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- hinweisen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- hinweisest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- hinweiset
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- hinwiese
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- hinwiesen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- hinwiesest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- hinwiest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- hinwieset
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe hingewiesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben hingewiesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest hingewiesen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet hingewiesen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte hingewiesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten hingewiesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest hingewiesen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet hingewiesen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde hinweisen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden hinweisen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest hinweisen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet hinweisen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- weis hin
- imperative, second-person, singular
- weise hin
- imperative, second-person, singular
- weist hin
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- hingewiesen
- participle, past
- hinweisend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- hinweisen
- infinitive
- hinzuweisen
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe hingewiesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben hingewiesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast hingewiesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt hingewiesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat hingewiesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte hingewiesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten hingewiesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest hingewiesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet hingewiesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- hinweisen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde hinweisen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden hinweisen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst hinweisen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet hinweisen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird hinweisen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- hingewiesen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde hingewiesen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden hingewiesen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst hingewiesen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet hingewiesen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird hingewiesen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- points
- variant of hinweisen