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henken

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German

Etymology

From Old High German henken, an Upper German variant of hengen. The verb originally meant “to hang” in general, but was restricted to the context of execution in the modern written language. See the related hängen for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛŋkən/, [ˈhɛŋkən], [ˈhɛŋkŋ̍]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

henken (weak, third-person singular present henkt, past tense henkte, past participle gehenkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, dated or archaic) to hang; to execute by hanging
    Synonym: hängen

Usage notes

  • Inflected forms in which the stem henk- is followed by a consonant are—according to any not stilted pronunciation—homophonous with the corresponding forms of hängen, and can therefore be considered spelling variants of the latter. Some writers may use the spelling henk- instead of häng- because it is suggestive of Henker (“hangman”).
  • Those forms in which the stem henk- is not followed by a consonant (henk, henke, henken, henkend) are audibly distinct from hängen. These are rarely used anymore.

Conjugation

Conjugation of henken (weak, auxiliary haben)
More information infinitive, present participle ...

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of henken (weak, auxiliary haben)
More information perfect, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “henken” in Duden online
  • “henken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Japanese

Romanization

henken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へんけん

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