hacken

hacken

See also: Hacken and häcken

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hack.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈɦɛ.kə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hac‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən
  • Homophone: hekken

Verb

hacken

  1. (transitive) to hack (to attempt to gain illegitimate access)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hacken (weak)
infinitive hacken
past singular hackte
past participle gehackt
infinitive hacken
gerund hacken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hack hackte
2nd person sing. (jij) hackt, hack2 hackte
2nd person sing. (u) hackt hackte
2nd person sing. (gij) hackt hackte
3rd person singular hackt hackte
plural hacken hackten
subjunctive sing.1 hacke hackte
subjunctive plur.1 hacken hackten
imperative sing. hack
imperative plur.1 hackt
participles hackend gehackt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (to hack, chop; to hoe). Cognate with Dutch hakken, English hack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hakən/

Verb

hacken (weak, third-person singular present hackt, past tense hackte, past participle gehackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to chop, to hack
  2. (colloquial) to be choppy, to not work properly, to not run smoothly
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Derived terms
Descendants
  • Estonian: hakkima

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English hack.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hækən/, /hɛkən/

    Verb

    hacken (weak, third-person singular present hackt, past tense hackte, past participle gehackt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (computing) to hack
      • 2021 December 30, Johannes Drosdowski, “Kongress des Chaos Computer Clubs: Der CCC im Hier und Jetzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
        IT-Sicherheitsexpert*innen nehmen die Umgebung von technischen Hilfsmitteln wie Herzschrittmachern auseinander und untersuchen, wie diese gehackt werden können.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Conjugation

    Further reading

    • hacken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
    • hacken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • hacken” in Duden online
    • hacken” in Duden online

    Middle Dutch

    Etymology

    From Old Dutch *hackon, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną.

    Verb

    hacken

    1. to hack, to chop
    2. to delve, to dig

    Inflection

    Conjugation of hacken (weak)
    infinitive base form hacken
    genitive hackens
    dative hackene
    indicative subjunctive
    present past present past
    1st person singular hacke hacke
    2nd person singular hacs, hackes hacs, hackes
    3rd person singular hact, hacket hacke
    1st person plural hacken hacken
    2nd person plural hact, hacket hact, hacket
    3rd person plural hacken hacken
    imperative
    singular hac, hacke
    plural hact, hacket
    present past
    participle hackende

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Middle English

    Noun

    hacken

    1. alternative form of hakken