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hassen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hazzen, from Old High German hazzōn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhasn̩/, /ˈhasən/
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Verb

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hassen (weak, third-person singular present hasst, past tense hasste, past participle gehasst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to hate
    Es gibt nichts, das ich mehr hasse als Wespen.There is nothing I hate more than wasps.
  2. (ethology, intransitive) to mob
    Die Rabenkrähen hassten auf den Waldkauz.The carrion crows mobbed the tawny owl.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • hassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hassen” in Duden online
  • hassen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • hassen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de