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hacken

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See also: Hacken and häcken

Dutch

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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, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:
        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
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    Further reading

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    • “hacken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
    • “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