hoken

See also: höken

Japanese

Romanization

hoken

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほけん

Middle English

Alternative forms

• huke, hwke, hucke (Northern)

Etymology

From Old English hōced (“crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːkən/

Verb

hoken

1. to hook

Conjugation

Conjugation of hoken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) hoken, hoke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hoke	hoked
2nd-person singular	hokest	hokedest
3rd-person singular	hoketh	hoked
subjunctive singular	hoke
imperative singular		—
plural1	hoken, hoke	hokeden, hokede
imperative plural	hoketh, hoke	—
participles	hokynge, hokende	hoked, yhoked

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: hook
• Yola: huck, huch

References

• “họ̄ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• hoker (Föhr-Amrum)

Etymology

From Old Frisian hwelk (“which”), either with a declensional ending or combined with ēn (“one”). The use of the construct “which (one)” for “who” is widely found also in Low German. For the form compare West Frisian hok (“which”).

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [ˈhɔɡ̊ŋ̍]

Pronoun

hoken (Sylt)

1. (interrogative, relative) who

   Hoken is diar? ― Who's there?

   Weest dü hoken dit is? ― Do you know who that is?

2. whoever, he who

   Hoken tö leet kumt, bitaalet di Reekning. ― Whoever shows up too late pays the bill.

3. someone, anyone

   Es diar hoken? ― Is anyone there?

   Kenst dü ek hoken üđers fraagi? ― Can't you ask someone else?

   Diar mut dach hoken di Aarber dö. ― Someone has to finally do the work.