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See also: Hacken and häcken

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hack.

Pronunciation

Verb

hacken

  1. (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)

  1. to chop, to hack
  2. (colloquial) to be choppy, to not work properly, to not run smoothly
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Descendants
  • Estonian: hakkima

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hækən/, /hɛkən/

Verb

hacken (weak, third-person singular present hackt, past tense hackte, past participle gehackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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

Further reading

  • hacken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hacken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hacken” in Duden online
  • hacken” in Duden online
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hackon, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną.

Verb

hacken

  1. to hack, to chop
  2. to delve, to dig

Inflection

More information infinitive, base form ...

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

hacken

  1. alternative form of hakken

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