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.

Source

Building blocks

Words in this expression

das Auto· car das Fenster· window das Geld· money viel· much zahlen· to pay zum· to the

Grammar that uses this word

Two-way prepositions with accusative (Wohin? / where to)Wechselpräpositionen mit Akkusativ (Wohin?)
Verb 'gehören' (to belong to, + dative)Verb 'gehören' (+ Dativ)
Verbs with dative and accusative (geben, schenken …)Verben mit Dativ und Akkusativ (geben, schenken …)
Possessive articles in the dativePossessivartikel im Dativ
Position of object pronounsStellung der Objektpronomen
Reflexive verbs (sich freuen, sich waschen)Reflexive Verben (sich freuen, sich waschen)

Examples

Für so ein so zu , heißt das hinauszuwerfen.
Paying that much for such a car means throwing money out the window.