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)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Verb

hinken

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of hinken (weak)
infinitive hinken
past singular hinkte
past participle gehinkt
infinitive hinken
gerund hinken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hink hinkte
2nd person sing. (jij) hinkt, hink2 hinkte
2nd person sing. (u) hinkt hinkte
2nd person sing. (gij) hinkt hinkte
3rd person singular hinkt hinkte
plural hinken hinkten
subjunctive sing.1 hinke hinkte
subjunctive plur.1 hinken hinkten
imperative sing. hink
imperative plur.1 hinkt
participles hinkend gehinkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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]
  • Audio:(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

Conjugation of hinken (weak)
infinitive base form hinken
genitive hinkens
dative hinkene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hinke hinke
2nd person singular hincs, hinkes hincs, hinkes
3rd person singular hinct, hinket hinke
1st person plural hinken hinken
2nd person plural hinct, hinket hinct, hinket
3rd person plural hinken hinken
imperative
singular hinc, hinke
plural hinct, hinket
present past
participle hinkende

Descendants

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

hinken

  1. definite singular of hink