hekelen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hēkelen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.kə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: he‧ke‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːkələn

Verb

hekelen

  1. (transitive, of flax) to heckle, to comb with a hackle (heckling comb)
  2. (transitive) to satirise, to lampoon

Inflection
Inflection of hekelen (weak)
infinitive hekelen
past singular hekelde
past participle gehekeld
infinitive hekelen
gerund hekelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hekelhekelde
2nd person sing. (jij) hekelthekelde
2nd person sing. (u) hekelthekelde
2nd person sing. (gij) hekelthekelde
3rd person singular hekelthekelde
plural hekelenhekelden
subjunctive sing.1 hekelehekelde
subjunctive plur.1 hekelenhekelden
imperative sing. hekel
imperative plur.1 hekelt
participles hekelendgehekeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hakilōną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːkələn/

Verb

hēkelen

  1. to prickle, to irritate

Descendants

Further reading
  • “ekelen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “hekelen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology

From hekele (“a comb for flax or hemp”).

Verb

hekelen

  1. To comb hemp or flax with a hekele.
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