henken
German
Etymology
From Old High German henken, an Upper German variant of hengen. The verb originally meant “to hang” in general, but was restricted to the context of execution in the modern written language. See hängen for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛŋkən/, [ˈhɛŋkən], [ˈhɛŋkŋ̍]
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Verb
henken (weak, third-person singular present henkt, past tense henkte, past participle gehenkt, auxiliary haben)
Usage notes
- Inflected forms in which the stem henk- is followed by a consonant are—according to any not stilted pronunciation—homophonous with the corresponding forms of hängen, and can therefore be considered spelling variants of the latter. Some writers may use the spelling henk- instead of häng- because it is suggestive of Henker (“hangman”).
- Those forms in which the stem henk- is not followed by a consonant (henk, henke, henken, henkend) are audibly distinct from hängen. These are rarely used anymore.
Conjugation
| infinitive | henken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | henkend | ||||
| past participle | gehenkt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich henke | wir henken | i | ich henke | wir henken |
| du henkst | ihr henkt | du henkest | ihr henket | ||
| er henkt | sie henken | er henke | sie henken | ||
| preterite | ich henkte | wir henkten | ii | ich henkte1 | wir henkten1 |
| du henktest | ihr henktet | du henktest1 | ihr henktet1 | ||
| er henkte | sie henkten | er henkte1 | sie henkten1 | ||
| imperative | henk (du) henke (du) |
henkt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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