From earlier hunckeren, honckeren, hanckeren, anckeren, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to anker (literally “anchor”) in the sense of "clinging or hooking onto", or to Dutch honger (“hunger”) or hangen (“to hang”). See also West Flemish hankeren (“to crave”).[1]
hunkeren
| Conjugation of hunkeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hunkeren | |||
| past singular | hunkerde | |||
| past participle | gehunkerd | |||
| infinitive | hunkeren | |||
| gerund | hunkeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hunker | hunkerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hunkert, hunker2 | hunkerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hunkert | hunkerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hunkert | hunkerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | hunkert | hunkerde | ||
| plural | hunkeren | hunkerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hunkere | hunkerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hunkeren | hunkerden | ||
| imperative sing. | hunker | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hunkert | |||
| participles | hunkerend | gehunkerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||