Also means
outward
Usage Note
hinaus signals motion 'out' away from the speaker, the hin- counterpart to heraus (out toward the speaker). It lives in the key idiom über etwas hinaus (beyond something) and in separable verbs like hinausgehen (to go out).
Examples
"Sie ging in den Garten hinaus."
Natural Translation
She went out into the garden.
Literal Translation
She went into the garden out.
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