האַקן

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn. Compare German hacken. The last sense is a shortening of the idiom האַקן אַ טשײַניק (hakn a tshaynik).

Verb

האַקן • (hakn) (past participle געהאַקט (gehakt))

  1. to cut, to chop
  2. to knock, to bang
  3. (colloquial) to annoy, to bother

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

האַקן • (hakn) m, plural האַקנס (hakns)

  1. Alternative spelling of האָקן (hokn)
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