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Hiwi

Hiwi noun: a member of a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the South American flatlands.

Noun (1)

Hiwi (plural Hiwi)

  1. A member of a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the South American flatlands.

Noun (2)

Hiwi (plural Hiwis)

  1. (historical) A foreigner who volunteered to serve the Nazis.

Forms of Hiwi

pluralHiwi
pluralHiwis

Origin of Hiwi

From German Hiwi, short for Hilfswilliger (“voluntary assistant, one willing to help”).

Questions about Hiwi

What does Hiwi mean?
Hiwi means a member of a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the South American flatlands.
What part of speech is Hiwi?
Hiwi is a noun.
What is the plural of Hiwi?
The plural of Hiwi is Hiwi.

Words near Hiwi in the dictionary

  1. Hivites
  2. hivy
  3. Hiw
  4. hiway
  5. hiwaza
  6. Hiwi
  7. Hiwis
  8. Hix
  9. Hixenbaugh
  10. Hixenbaughs
  11. Hixes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hiwi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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