hinfahren
verb A2- to give a ride [auxiliary haben] (to drive for someone else to reach a destination) · Ich habe sie zur Arbeit hingefahren. I gave her a ride to the workplace.
- to drive [auxiliary sein] (to drive to a specified location) · Er ist zum Krater hingefahren. He drove (up) to the crater.
- to drive away, to drive off · Da fahren sie hin... kaum noch am Horizont zu sehen. There they drive away... barely (still) visible on the horizon.
- to quickly wipe (away) (not repeatedly) [with über (+ accusative)] · mit der Handfläche glättend über das Tuch hinfahren to quickly wipe straighteningly across the piece of cloth
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- hinfahren
- Present (er)
- fährt hin
- Präteritum (er)
- fuhr hin
- Perfekt (er)
- ist hingefahren
- Infinitive with zu
- hinzufahren
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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