hekelen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hēkelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.kə.lə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: he‧ke‧len
- Rhymes: -eːkələn
Verb
hekelen
- (transitive, of flax) to heckle, to comb with a hackle (heckling comb)
- (transitive) to denounce, criticize (publicly)
- (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 | hekel | hekelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hekelt | hekelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hekelt | hekelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hekelt | hekelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | hekelt | hekelde | ||
| plural | hekelen | hekelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hekele | hekelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hekelen | hekelden | ||
| imperative sing. | hekel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hekelt | |||
| participles | hekelend | gehekeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- hekeldicht
- hekeldichter
- hekeldichteres
Related terms
- hekel
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hakilōną, related to *hakô (“hook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛːkələn/
Verb
hēkelen
- to prickle, to irritate
Descendants
- Dutch: hekelen
Further reading
- “ekelen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hekelen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology
From hekele (“a comb for flax or hemp”).
Verb
hekelen
- To comb hemp or flax with a hekele.
Related terms
- heckle