hunkeren

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier hunckeren, honckeren, hanckeren, anckeren, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to anker (literally “anchor”) in the sense of "clinging or hooking onto", or to Dutch honger (“hunger”) or hangen (“to hang”). See also West Flemish hankeren (“to crave”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʏŋkərən

Verb

hunkeren

1. to long for, crave

Conjugation

Conjugation of hunkeren (weak)
infinitive	hunkeren
past singular	hunkerde
past participle	gehunkerd
infinitive	hunkeren
gerund	hunkeren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	hunker	hunkerde
2nd person sing. (jij)	hunkert, hunker2	hunkerde
2nd person sing. (u)	hunkert	hunkerde
2nd person sing. (gij)	hunkert	hunkerde
3rd person singular	hunkert	hunkerde
plural	hunkeren	hunkerden
subjunctive sing.1	hunkere	hunkerde
subjunctive plur.1	hunkeren	hunkerden
imperative sing.	hunker
imperative plur.1	hunkert
participles	hunkerend	gehunkerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hunkeren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute