houwen

Meaning

to hew

Concepts

strike

hit

hack

hew

beat

chop

cut

wallop

smack

stub

knock

score

encounter

catch

find

🔍

run across

run up against

attain

grave

🪦

hammer

🔨

horrify

palpitate

pound

💷

retreat

scour

scramble

scuffle

shock

⚡

slam

slash

slice

swat

thrash

thresh

throb

whip

whittle

appal

fell a tree

applaud

bang

break

carve

chisel

chop down

clap

👏

coin

🪙

crash

cream

cut down

Synonyms

hakken

klappen

👏

slaan

kloppen

kappen

meppen

opvallen

inslaan

raken

snijden

teisteren

treffen

halen

kwetsen

omhakken

omroeren

roeren

slijpen

snerpen

uitknippen

vellen

zich stoten

aanbotsen

boos maken

aanstoot geven

afhakken

afhouwen

afkappen

afranselen

afrossen

beitelen

bewerken

choqueren

⚡

doorroeren

dorsen

geduwd worden

Translations

hauen

hacken

tailler

schlagen

hacher

maçar

picchiare

battre

bater

dar pancada

malhar

🔨

heurter

ausklopfen

frapper

copejar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɦɑu̯ə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: houwen

Inherited from Old Dutch: houwan

In summary

From Middle Dutch houwen, from Old Dutch houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”).