hinstarren

German

Etymology

hin + starren

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪnˌʃtaʀən]
  • Hyphenation: hin‧star‧ren

Verb

hinstarren (third-person singular simple present starrt hin, past tense starrte hin, past participle hingestarrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (with preposition zu) to stare at
  2. (followed by vor sich) to stare into space
    • 1908, Walther Kabel, Das Tagebuch eines Irren, in: Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens, vol. 9, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 131:
      Minutenlang saß er dann bewegungslos, unfähig klar zu denken, da und starrte wie hypnotisiert vor sich hin.
      Then he sat there for minutes, stock-still, unable to think clearly, and stared into space like hypnotized.

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