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hatschen

German, verb/ˈhaːtʃn̩/

hatschen is spelled H-A-T-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters). Hatschen is a German verb meaning “to walk in a clumsy, sluggish and rather slow manner; to plod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lange angestrengt gehen”.

What does hatschen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Austriainformalto walk in a clumsy, sluggish and rather slow manner; to plod

  2. 2

    Austriainformalto walk with a limp

  3. 3

    Austriainformalto walk a long exhausting distance

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. lange angestrengt gehen 2. hinken

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of hatschen

  • hatscht present singular third-person
  • hatschte past
  • gehatscht participle past
  • sein auxiliary
  • hatschend participle present
  • hatsche first-person indicative present
  • hatschst indicative present second-person
  • hatschest second-person singular subjunctive
  • hatschet plural second-person subjunctive
  • hatschten first-person indicative plural
  • hatschtest indicative preterite second-person
  • hatschtet indicative plural preterite
  • hatsch imperative second-person singular
  • bin gehatscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • hatsch! imperative singular
  • hatsche! imperative singular
  • hatscht! imperative plural
  • gehatscht haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hatschen?

  • /ˈhaːtʃn̩/
  • /ˈhaːd̥ʃn̩/
  • [ˈhaːt͡ʃn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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