How are herab and hinab used in a sentence? Do they have the same meaning as hin and her?
Ich gehe auf die Strasse hin(ab) - I am going down the street.
Ich komme auf die Strasse her(ab) - I am coming towards the street.
How are herab and hinab used in a sentence? Do they have the same meaning as hin and her?
Ich gehe auf die Strasse hin(ab) - I am going down the street.
Ich komme auf die Strasse her(ab) - I am coming towards the street.
hinab
and herab
are more precise forms of hin
and her
, expressing some descent in the movement. But in most use cases they are not necessary; in your two examples hin
and her
are not necessary either.
You would use them for example when climbing a mountain or giving directions and wanting to be precise on whether you're ascending or descending.