haken

See also: Haken

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech haken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦakɛn]

Noun

haken m anim

  1. moron

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦaːkə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch haken. Equivalent to haak +‎ -en.

Verb

haken

  1. (transitive) to hook, to catch
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to crochet
  3. (transitive) to long strongly for
Conjugation
Conjugation of haken (weak)
infinitive haken
past singular haakte
past participle gehaakt
infinitive haken
gerund haken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular haak haakte
2nd person sing. (jij) haakt, haak2 haakte
2nd person sing. (u) haakt haakte
2nd person sing. (gij) haakt haakte
3rd person singular haakt haakte
plural haken haakten
subjunctive sing.1 hake haakte
subjunctive plur.1 haken haakten
imperative sing. haak
imperative plur.1 haakt
participles hakend gehaakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: haak
  • Papiamentu: hak, haak

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

haken

  1. plural of haak

German

Etymology

From the noun Haken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːkən/, [ˈhaːkŋ]
  • Audio:(file)
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  • Homophone: Haken
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ken

Verb

haken (weak, third-person singular present hakt, past tense hakte, past participle gehakt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to hook (to attach a hook; catch with a hook; insert in a way reminiscent of a hook)
  2. (field hockey or ice hockey) to hook (trip or block another player with one’s hockey stick)
  3. to stick, get stuck, get caught
    Der Schlüssel hakt im Schloss.
    The key is stuck in the lock.
  4. (figurative) to be an obstacle or difficulty
    Du kommst nicht weiter, woran hakt es diesmal?
    You’re not making any progress; what’s the difficulty this time?

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • haken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • haken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • haken” in Duden online
  • haken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Japanese

Romanization

haken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はけん

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

haken m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of hake (Etymology 1)

Noun

haken m

  1. definite singular of hake (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

haken m

  1. definite singular of hake (Etymology 2)

Old Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣakɛn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦakɛn/

Noun

haken m pers

  1. moron

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

haken

  1. definite singular of hake