hocken
German, verb[ˈhɔkn̩]
hocken is spelled H-O-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hocken is a German verb meaning “to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit stark angewinkelten Knien aufrecht sitzen”.
What does hocken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position
- 2
to sit (in general)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit stark angewinkelten Knien aufrecht sitzen 2. sich setzen 3. längere Zeit immer nur an ein und demselben Ort bleiben
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 hocken
- hockt present singular third-person
- hockte past
- gehockt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- hockend participle present
- hocke first-person indicative present
- hockst indicative present second-person
- hockest second-person singular subjunctive
- hocket plural second-person subjunctive
- hockten first-person indicative plural
- hocktest indicative preterite second-person
- hocktet indicative plural preterite
- hock imperative second-person singular
- bin gehockt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind gehockt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- hock! imperative singular
- hocke! imperative singular
- hockt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hocken?
- [ˈhɔkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hocken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hocken in German?
hocken appears 2.6 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).