hocken
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German and Middle Low German hucken, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high).[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]hocken (weak, third-person singular present hockt, past tense hockte, past participle gehockt, auxiliary sein)
- to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position
- Synonym: kauern
- (regional, chiefly southern) to sit (in general)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | hocken | ||||
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present participle | hockend | ||||
past participle | gehockt | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hocke | wir hocken | i | ich hocke | wir hocken |
du hockst | ihr hockt | du hockest | ihr hocket | ||
er hockt | sie hocken | er hocke | sie hocken | ||
preterite | ich hockte | wir hockten | ii | ich hockte1 | wir hockten1 |
du hocktest | ihr hocktet | du hocktest1 | ihr hocktet1 | ||
er hockte | sie hockten | er hockte1 | sie hockten1 | ||
imperative | hock (du) hocke (du) |
hockt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.