hinken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hinken, from Old Dutch *hinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *hinkan, from Proto-Germanic *hinkaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɪŋkə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Verb

hinken

  1. to limp, to hobble (walk with difficulty due to injury)

Inflection

Conjugation of hinken (weak)
infinitive hinken
past singular hinkte
past participle gehinkt
infinitive hinken
gerund hinken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hinkhinkte
2nd person sing. (jij) hinkthinkte
2nd person sing. (u) hinkthinkte
2nd person sing. (gij) hinkthinkte
3rd person singular hinkthinkte
plural hinkenhinkten
subjunctive sing.1 hinkehinkte
subjunctive plur.1 hinkenhinkten
imperative sing. hink
imperative plur.1 hinkt
participles hinkendgehinkt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • hinkelen

Descendants

  • Javindo: hing

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hinken, from Old High German hinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *hinkan, from Proto-Germanic *hinkaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪŋkn̩]
  • (file)

Verb

hinken (weak, third-person singular present hinkt, past tense hinkte, past participle gehinkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to limp, to hobble (walk with difficulty due to injury)
    Synonyms: humpeln, lahmen, holpern

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • hinterherhinken
  • nachhinken

Further reading

  • hinken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hinken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hinken” in Duden online
  • hinken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *hinkan, from Proto-Germanic *hinkaną.

Verb

hinken

  1. to limp, to hobble (walk with difficulty due to injury)

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive hinken
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive hinken
In genitive hinkens
In dative hinkene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular hinke
2nd singular hincs, hinkes
3rd singular hinct, hinket
1st plural hinken
2nd plural hinct, hinket
3rd plural hinken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular hinke
2nd singular hincs, hinkes
3rd singular hinke
1st plural hinken
2nd plural hinct, hinket
3rd plural hinken
Imperative Present
Singular hinc, hinke
Plural hinct, hinket
Present Past
Participle hinkende

Descendants

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

hinken

  1. definite singular of hink
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