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hacken
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
hacken
- (transitive) to hack (to attempt to gain illegitimate access)
Conjugation
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German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to hack, chop; to hoe”). Cognate with Dutch hakken, English hack.
Pronunciation
Verb
hacken (weak, third-person singular present hackt, past tense hackte, past participle gehackt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abhacken
- aufhacken
- auseinanderhacken
- durchhacken
- Gehacktes
- Hackfleisch
- Hackfresse
- Hackordnung
- Häcksel
- herumhacken
- hineinhacken
- hinhacken
- kleinhacken
- loshacken
- reinhacken
- umhacken
- zerhacken
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Descendants
- → Estonian: hakkima
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
hacken (weak, third-person singular present hackt, past tense hackte, past participle gehackt, auxiliary haben)
- (computing) to hack
- 2021 December 30, Johannes Drosdowski, “Kongress des Chaos Computer Clubs: Der CCC im Hier und Jetzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
- IT-Sicherheitsexpert*innen nehmen die Umgebung von technischen Hilfsmitteln wie Herzschrittmachern auseinander und untersuchen, wie diese gehackt werden können.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *hackon, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną.
Verb
hacken
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hacken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
hacken
- alternative form of hakken
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