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German
Etymology
Hucke + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʊkn̩/
- Hyphenation: hu‧cken
Verb
hucken (weak, third-person singular present huckt, past tense huckte, past participle gehuckt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to carry (i.e. a load)
1837, Brothers Grimm, “Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, page 448:„Ich wills nicht lange besehen,“ sprach er, „und nehmen was kommt, damit der Sack nur voll wird.“ Wie alles darin stack, gieng doch noch viel hinein, da sprach er „ich will dem Ding nur ein Ende machen, und lieber denken man bindet einen Sack zu, wenn er auch noch nicht voll ist.“ Dann huckte er ihn auf den Rücken, und gieng mit seinen Gesellen fort.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
hucken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
hucken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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