hauen

== Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hau̯en/ [hau̯.ẽn] IPA(key): (Southern) /au̯en/ [au̯.ẽn] Rhymes: -au̯en, -en Hyphenation: hau‧en === Determiner === hauen genitive plural of hau === Pronoun === hauen genitive plural of hau == Catalan == === Verb === hauen third-person plural present indicative of haver third-person plural present indicative of heure == Finnish == === Noun === hauen genitive singular of hauki == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German houwen, Old High German houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną. Cognate with English hew. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhaʊ̯ən], [ˈhaʊ̯n] Hyphenation: hau‧en === Verb === hauen (weak or class 7 strong, third-person singular present haut, past tense haute or hieb, past participle gehauen or (only in some regional vernaculars) gehaut, auxiliary haben) (literary) to thrust, slash (with a weapon) Er hieb nach meinem Helm. ― He thrust for my helmet. (transitive) to cut, hew Der Einbrecher haut ein Loch in die Wand. ― The burglar cuts a hole in the wall. (colloquial) to hit, beat, bang, whack Meine Mutter hat ihn gehauen. ― My mother hit him. Sie haute die Nägel in die Wand. ― She banged the nails into the wall (reflexive, colloquial) to fling oneself Ich werde mich in die Falle hauen. ― I'm going to hit the sack (regional) to chop, chop down ==== Usage notes ==== The strong preterite form hieb is only common in the literary sense of to thrust, and also in the set phrase in die gleiche Kerbe hauen, otherwise it's rare and/or stilted, with haute being used instead. However, the main past participle is still gehauen outside of some regional vernaculars. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (beat, hit): schlagen (fight): prügeln ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Hauer Haue Hieb === Further reading === “hauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “hauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “hauen” in Duden online “hauen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæʉ̯.ən/, /ˈhœʉ̯.ən/ === Noun === hauen m definite singular of hau