Hickhack

German

Etymology

Reduplication of hacken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪkhak/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Hickhack n or m (strong, genitive Hickhacks, plural (uncommon) Hickhacks)

  1. (informal) squabbling, wrangling; back and forth
    • 2023 September 8, Henning Jauernig, Benedikt Müller-Arnold, “Was das neue Heizungsgesetz für Hauseigentümer und Mieter bedeutet”, in Der Spiegel‎[1], →ISSN:
      Nach monatelangem Hickhack hat der Bundestag das Gebäudeenergiegesetz beschlossen. Was für welchen Heizungstyp jetzt gelten soll.
      After months of wrangling, the Bundestag has passed the Building Energy Act. What will now apply to which type of heating.

Declension

Declension of Hickhack [neuter // masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der Hickhack die Hickhacks1
genitive eines des Hickhacks der Hickhacks1
dative einem dem Hickhack den Hickhacks1
accusative ein, einen das, den Hickhack die Hickhacks1

1Uncommon.

Further reading

  • “Hickhack” in Duden online
  • “Hickhack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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