See also: Hacken and häcken

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hack.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hacken

  1. (transitive) to hack (to attempt to gain illegitimate access)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of hacken (weak)
infinitive hacken
past singular hackte
past participle gehackt
infinitive hacken
gerund hacken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hack hackte
2nd person sing. (jij) hackt, hack2 hackte
2nd person sing. (u) hackt hackte
2nd person sing. (gij) hackt hackte
3rd person singular hackt hackte
plural hacken hackten
subjunctive sing.1 hacke hackte
subjunctive plur.1 hacken hackten
imperative sing. hack
imperative plur.1 hackt
participles hackend gehackt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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German

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Etymology 1

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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

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Verb

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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
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  • Estonian: hakkima

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English hack.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hækən/, /hɛkən/

Verb

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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[1], →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)
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Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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hacken

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

Inflection

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Conjugation of hacken (weak)
infinitive base form hacken
genitive hackens
dative hackene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hacke hacke
2nd person singular hacs, hackes hacs, hackes
3rd person singular hact, hacket hacke
1st person plural hacken hacken
2nd person plural hact, hacket hact, hacket
3rd person plural hacken hacken
imperative
singular hac, hacke
plural hact, hacket
present past
participle hackende

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Middle English

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Noun

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hacken

  1. Alternative form of hakken