hurken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch huken, possibly by metathesis from a form *huck(e)ren, frequentative of hucken (to crouch). Of obscure ultimate origin, but perhaps from the root of words like hoog (high), heup (hip), heuvel (hill), or ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *gew- (to bend, curve), similar to Ancient Greek γυρός (gurós, round).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʏrkən

Verb

hurken

  1. squat, crouch
  2. cower

Conjugation

Conjugation of hurken (weak)
infinitive hurken
past singular hurkte
past participle gehurkt
infinitive hurken
gerund hurken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hurk hurkte
2nd person sing. (jij) hurkt, hurk2 hurkte
2nd person sing. (u) hurkt hurkte
2nd person sing. (gij) hurkt hurkte
3rd person singular hurkt hurkte
plural hurken hurkten
subjunctive sing.1 hurke hurkte
subjunctive plur.1 hurken hurkten
imperative sing. hurk
imperative plur.1 hurkt
participles hurkend gehurkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Noun

hurken pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) haunches, heels. only used in op de hurken (gaan) zitten

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hurken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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