האַקן

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn. Compare German hacken. The last sense is a shortening of the idiom האַקן אַ טשײַניק (hakn a tshaynik).

Verb[edit]

האַקן (hakn) (past participle געהאַקט (gehakt))

  1. to cut, to chop
  2. to knock, to bang
  3. (colloquial) to annoy, to bother

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Noun[edit]

האַקן (haknm, plural האַקנס (hakns)

  1. Alternative spelling of האָקן (hokn)