hotzen

German

Etymology

Of unclear origin, perhaps from a variant of Middle High German hutzen (“to move back and forth”), either of imitative origin or otherwise possibly from Proto-West Germanic *hottōn (“to shake, toss”), from Proto-Germanic *hud- (“to swing, rock, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ket- or *kwēt- (“to shake, rock back and forth”). See also English hod (“to bob up and down”) and French hocher (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔt͡sn̩/

Verb

hotzen (weak, third-person singular present hotzt, past tense hotzte, past participle gehotzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to swing, sway, tremble

Conjugation

Descendants

  • → Dutch: hossen
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