hecken
Meaning
- (intransitive, weak) to breed, give birth, multiply, especially in large numbers
- (figuratively, intransitive, weak) to increase, multiply
- (alt-of, dated, transitive, weak) dated form of aushecken (“to hatch, devise, think up”)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɛkən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German hecken, from Proto-Germanic *hakjaną. Cognate with English hatch, Swedish häcka.
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