hurken
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch huken, possibly by metathesis from a form *huck(e)ren, frequentative of hucken (“to crouch”). Of obscure ultimate origin, but perhaps from the root of words like hoog (“high”), heup (“hip”), heuvel (“hill”), or ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”), similar to Ancient Greek γυρός (gurós, “round”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hurken
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of hurken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hurken | |||
| past singular | hurkte | |||
| past participle | gehurkt | |||
| infinitive | hurken | |||
| gerund | hurken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hurk | hurkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hurkt, hurk2 | hurkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hurkt | hurkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hurkt | hurkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | hurkt | hurkte | ||
| plural | hurken | hurkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hurke | hurkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hurken | hurkten | ||
| imperative sing. | hurk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hurkt | |||
| participles | hurkend | gehurkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Noun
[edit]hurken pl (plural only, no diminutive)
- (plural only) haunches, heels. only used in op de hurken (gaan) zitten
References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hurken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute