das Geld zum Fenster hinauswerfen
to throw money out the window; to waste money
Origin
A common reading points to the town-hall window from which a ruler threw coins to the people to court favour - money that ultimately came from taxes and was seen as waste.
Building blocks
Words in this expression
Grammar that uses this word
- Verb 'haben' (to have), present: ich habe (I have)Verb 'haben' im Präsens: ich habe
- Negation with 'kein' (masculine/neuter)Negation mit 'kein' (maskulin/neutrum)
- Definite article 'das' (the, neuter, accusative)Bestimmter Artikel 'das' (neutrum, Akkusativ)
- Preposition 'von' (from/of, dative)Präposition 'von' (Dativ)
- Question word 'was' (what, thing)Fragewort 'was' (Sache)
- Separable prefix 'ein-' (einkaufen, to shop)Trennbares Präfix 'ein-' (einkaufen)
Examples
Für so ein so zu , heißt das hinauszuwerfen.
Paying that much for such a car means throwing money out the window.