Hiwi

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Hiwi¹

noun Hiwi

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

Hiwi²

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

noun Hiwis

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

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@misc{hiwi_2026,
  title = {Hiwi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hiwi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}