hocke

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See also: Hocke and Höcke

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German hucken (“to crouch, cower”). Cognate with German hocken.

Pronunciation

Verb

hocke (third-person singular simple present hocket, past participle ghocket, auxiliary haa)

  1. (of an animal) to sit, crouch, perch
  2. (informal, of a person) to sit
    Synonym: sitze
    • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      Immer i der Chammere hocke, chani au nit.
      I can't sit around in my room all the time, either.
    • 2009, Andreas Neeser, No alles gliich wie morn, page 19:
      De Chlii isch näb em Füür uf eine vo de Prügel ghocket und het gstuunet.
      The little one plonked himself down on one of the logs near the fire and lapsed into thoughtful silence.
  3. (slang) to stay
  4. (slang) to be in prison

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

hocke

  1. inflection of hocken:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German hocken.

Verb

hocke

  1. to sit
  2. to squat
  3. to seat
  4. (reflexive) to sit down
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