haken

See also: Haken

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

haken

  1. (transitive) to hook, to catch
  2. (transitive) to crochet
  3. (transitive) to long strongly for
Inflection
Inflection of haken (weak)
infinitive haken
past singular haakte
past participle gehaakt
infinitive haken
gerund haken n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular haak haakte
2nd person sing. (jij) haakt 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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

haken

  1. Plural form of haak

German

Etymology

From the noun Haken.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

haken (third-person singular simple 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. (figuratively) 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

  • abhaken
  • anhaken
  • einhaken
  • nachhaken

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

haken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はけん

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

haken m, f

  1. definite masculine singular of hake (Etymology 1)

haken m

  1. definite singular of hake (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

haken m

  1. definite singular of hake (Etymology 2)

Swedish

Noun

haken

  1. definite singular of hake
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