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German verb · CEFR B2

hinweisen

Meaning in English: to point out, to draw attention to

Rank 3,596 of 5,000verbLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Ich möchte Sie auf einen kleinen Fehler hinweisen.

I'd like to point out a small mistake to you.

Forms of hinweisen in the top 5,000

German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of hinweisen are also in the top 5,000:

hingewiesen#3,685
pointed out, drawn attention toB2

Sie hat mich auf den Fehler hingewiesen.
She pointed out the mistake to me.

How common is hinweisen?

hinweisen is number 3,596 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Related words in the list

hinweisen is built from weisen (to point, to show; to refer).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,592studiertstudies; studied
  2. 3,593verlegtmoved, relocated; laid; mislaid
  3. 3,594äußernto express, to voice
  4. 3,595wem(to) whom (dative)
  5. 3,596hinweisento point out, to draw attention to
  6. 3,597negativnegative
  7. 3,598blickento look, to glance
  8. 3,599Profisprofessionals, pros
  9. 3,600globaleglobal

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