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• IPA^(key):(Navarro-Lapurdian)/hau̯en/[hau̯.ẽn]
• IPA^(key):(Southern)/au̯en/[au̯.ẽn]
• Rhymes:-au̯en,-en
• Hyphenation:hau‧en

hauen

1. genitiveplural ofhau

hauen

1. genitiveplural ofhau

hauen

1. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofhaver
2. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofheure

hauen

1. genitivesingular ofhauki

FromMiddle High Germanhouwen,Old High Germanhouwan, fromProto-West Germanic*hauwan, fromProto-Germanic*hawwaną. Cognate withEnglishhew.

• IPA^(key):[ˈhaʊ̯ən],[ˈhaʊ̯n]

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• Hyphenation:hau‧en

hauen (weak or class 7strong,third-person singular presenthaut,past tensehauteorhieb,past participlegehauenor(only in some regional vernaculars)gehaut,auxiliaryhaben)

1. (literary) tothrust,slash (with a weapon)

   Erhieb nach meinem Helm. ―He thrust for my helmet.

2. (transitive) tocut,hew

   Der Einbrecherhaut ein Loch in die Wand. ―The burglar cuts a hole in the wall.

3. (colloquial) tohit,beat,bang,whack

   Meine Mutter hat ihngehauen. ―My mother hit him.

   Siehaute die Nägel in die Wand. ―She banged the nails into the wall

4. (reflexive,colloquial) tofling oneself

   Ich werde mich in die Fallehauen. ―I'm going to hit the sack

5. (regional) tochop,chop down

The strong preterite formhieb is only common in the literary sense oftothrust, and also in the set phrasein die gleiche Kerbe hauen, otherwise it's rare and/or stilted, withhaute being used instead. However, the main past participle is stillgehauen outside of some regional vernaculars.

• (beat, hit):schlagen
• (fight):prügeln

• Hauer
• Haue
• Hieb

• “hauen” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “hauen” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “hauen” inDuden online
• “hauen” inOpenThesaurus.de

• IPA^(key):/ˈhæʉ̯.ən/,/ˈhœʉ̯.ən/

hauen m

1. definitesingular ofhau