hökern

German

Etymology

From a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German noun hucker (“peddler, merchant”), whence in early modern German the verb hockern (with variants). The contemporary form is Low German (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German höker). Pertaining to Hucke (“load, burden”). Compare also English huckster (borrowed from Dutch) and English hawk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhøːkɐn/

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Verb

1. (intransitive) to trade

Derived terms

• Höker
• verhökern