hauen

Meaning

  1. (class-7, literary, strong, weak) to thrust, slash (with a weapon)
  2. (class-7, strong, transitive, weak) to cut, hew
  3. (class-7, colloquial, strong, weak) to hit, beat, bang, whack
  4. (class-7, colloquial, reflexive, strong, weak) to fling oneself
  5. (class-7, regional, strong, weak) to chop, chop down

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

haue

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈhaʊ̯ən]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German houwen, Old High German houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną. Cognate with English hew.

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