Polyglot Dictionary

hineinpassen

/hɪˈnaɪ̯nˌpasn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
passt hinein
past
passte hinein
perfect
hat hineingepasst

Meaning

  1. to fit in

    Built from hinein (in) + passen (to fit).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • hinein in
  • passen to fit

Similar words

einpassen

hineinpassen is about whether something fits at all, e.g. does the sofa fit into the room; einpassen is often transitive — to fit a piece INTO something, adjusting it to fit.

Practice

1 What does hineinpassen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Koffer passt nicht in den Kofferraum ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hineinpassen?

verbseparable-verbcompound

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