hengelen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hengelen, equivalent to hengel (“fishing rod”) +‎ -en. The fishing sense is influenced by Dutch angel (“fishhook”), Middle Dutch angelen (“to pierce with a hook”). Compare also hengelroede (“fishing rod”) with dialectal or obsolete Dutch angelroede (“fishing rod”), German Angelrute (“fishing rod”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɛ.ŋə.lə(n)/ Rhymes: -ɛŋələn Hyphenation: hen‧ge‧len === Verb === hengelen (intransitive) to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod (intransitive, figurative) to fish for information or some reaction ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ====