hekelen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hēkelen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.kə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: he‧ke‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːkələn

Verb

hekelen

  1. (transitive, of flax) to heckle, to comb with a hackle (heckling comb)
  2. (transitive) to denounce, criticize (publicly)
  3. (transitive) to satirise, to lampoon

Conjugation

Conjugation of hekelen (weak)
infinitive hekelen
past singular hekelde
past participle gehekeld
infinitive hekelen
gerund hekelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hekel hekelde
2nd person sing. (jij) hekelt, hekel2 hekelde
2nd person sing. (u) hekelt hekelde
2nd person sing. (gij) hekelt hekelde
3rd person singular hekelt hekelde
plural hekelen hekelden
subjunctive sing.1 hekele hekelde
subjunctive plur.1 hekelen hekelden
imperative sing. hekel
imperative plur.1 hekelt
participles hekelend gehekeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: hekel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hakilōną, related to *hakô (“hook”).

Pronunciation

Verb

hēkelen

  1. to prickle, to irritate

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From hekele (“a comb for flax or hemp”).

Verb

hekelen

  1. To comb hemp or flax with a hekele.
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