hacken

Meaning

  1. (weak) to chop, to hack
  2. (colloquial, weak) to be choppy, to not work properly, to not run smoothly

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hagge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/hakən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to hack, chop; to hoe”). Cognate with Dutch hakken, English hack.

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