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hocken

squat

verb HOK-ken Rare
Body & Health Movement

Also means

crouch

Usage Note

hocken means to crouch or squat with bent knees, and colloquially in the south to sit around somewhere. Reflexive sich hinhocken means to crouch down. It usually takes haben.

Examples

"Er hockt sich neben das Kind."

Natural Translation

He crouches down next to the child.

Literal Translation

He crouches himself beside the child.

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