hatschen

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German

Etymology

Unclear. Middle High German hakezen (to limp) and Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, pilgrimage) have been proposed as possible origins.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːtʃn̩/
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːd̥ʃn̩/
  • Hyphenation: hat‧schen
  • Audio (Bavaria):(file)

Verb

hatschen (weak, third-person singular present hatscht, past tense hatschte, past participle gehatscht, auxiliary sein)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria, informal) to walk in a clumsy, sluggish and rather slow manner; to plod
    Synonym: latschen
  2. (Austria, Bavaria, informal) to walk with a limp
    Synonym: hinken
  3. (Austria, Bavaria, informal) to walk a long exhausting distance

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Further reading

  • hatschen” in Duden online
  • Ebner, Jakob (2019) Duden, Österreichisches Deutsch. Wörterbuch der Gegenwartssprache in Österreich, 5th edition, Berlin: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 235