hacken

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See also: Hacken and häcken

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hack.

Pronunciation

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

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
Conjugation
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, →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
  • 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

Weak
Infinitive hacken
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive hacken
In genitive hackens
In dative hackene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular hacke
2nd singular hacs, hackes
3rd singular hact, hacket
1st plural hacken
2nd plural hact, hacket
3rd plural hacken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular hacke
2nd singular hacs, hackes
3rd singular hacke
1st plural hacken
2nd plural hact, hacket
3rd plural hacken
Imperative Present
Singular hac, hacke
Plural hact, hacket
Present Past
Participle hackende

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

hacken

  1. Alternative form of hakken