hocken

Meaning

1. (weak) to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position
2. (Southern,regional,weak) to sit (in general)

Etymology

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).

Sentences

Rudi will nicht den ganzen Tag zu Hause hocken .

Rudi doesn't want to sit at home all day.