höhlen

== German == === Etymology === Höhle +‎ -en === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhøːlən/ Hyphenation: höh‧len === Verb === höhlen (weak, third-person singular present höhlt, past tense höhlte, past participle gehöhlt, auxiliary haben) (transitive, rare) to hollow out Synonym: aushöhlen ==== Usage notes ==== Now almost exclusively used in the idiom steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein, otherwise aushöhlen is the preferred verb. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Höhlung Höhlen aushöhlen steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein ==== Related terms ==== hohl === Further reading === “höhlen” in Duden online “höhlen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)