hecken

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German hecken, from the root of hacken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛkən/
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  • Hyphenation: he‧cken; pre-1996: hek‧ken

Verb

hecken (weak, third-person singular present heckt, past tense heckte, past participle geheckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of animals) to give birth to a large number of young
    • 1822, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Neugriechisch-Epirotische Heldenlieder:
      Und so lang es schneit hier oben, / Beugen wir den Türken nicht. / Setzet eure Vorhut dahin, / Wo die Wölfe nistend hecken!
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    • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf :
      »Damit sie nicht hecken, die Betzen,« sagte Grönhagen, als er eine große Frau mit schwarzen Haaren, die sich hinter dem grünen Johann bergen wollte, durch den Kopf schoß.
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  2. (figurative) to hatch (devise)
    Synonym: aushecken

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