hinken
German, verb[ˈhɪŋkn̩]
hinken is spelled H-I-N-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinken is a German verb meaning “to limp, to hobble (walk with difficulty due to injury)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schaukelnd gehen”.
What does hinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to limp, to hobble (walk with difficulty due to injury)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schaukelnd gehen 2. nicht wirklich zutreffen, nicht wirklich stimmen
noun: 1. hinkende Art zu gehen
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 hinken
- hinkt present singular third-person
- hinkte past
- gehinkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hinkend participle present
- hinke first-person indicative present
- hinkst indicative present second-person
- hinkest second-person singular subjunctive
- hinket plural second-person subjunctive
- hinkten first-person indicative plural
- hinktest indicative preterite second-person
- hinktet indicative plural preterite
- hink imperative second-person singular
- habe gehinkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gehinkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- hink! imperative singular
- hinke! imperative singular
- hinkt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinken?
- [ˈhɪŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hinken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinken in German?
hinken appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).