"hanker" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hanker.wav Forms: hankers [present, singular, third-person], hankering [participle, present], hankered [participle, past], hankered [past]
Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hankōną}} Proto-Germanic *hankōną, {{cog|nl|hunkeren||to crave}} Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), {{glossary|zero-grade}} zero-grade, {{glossary|iterative}} iterative Head templates: {{en-verb}} hanker (third-person singular simple present hankers, present participle hankering, simple past and past participle hankered)
  1. To crave, want or desire. Derived forms: hankering [noun] Translations (to want): жадувам (žaduvam) (Bulgarian), копнея (kopneja) (Bulgarian), toužit [imperfective] (Czech), prahnout [imperfective] (Czech), dychtit [imperfective] (Czech), hunkeren (Dutch), verlangen (German), begehren (German), volere (Italian), desiderare (Italian), ohia (Maori), hōkaka (Maori), koroingo (Maori), tōmina (Maori), хотеть (xotetʹ) (Russian), жаждать (žaždatʹ) (Russian), chègliere (Sardinian), chèrfere (Sardinian), chèrzere (Sardinian), querer (Spanish), дуже хотіти (duže xotity) (Ukrainian), палко бажати (palko bažaty) (Ukrainian), жадати (žadaty) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to want",
      "word": "ohia"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to want",
      "word": "hōkaka"
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      "sense": "to want",
      "word": "koroingo"
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      "word": "tōmina"
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      "sense": "to want",
      "word": "хотеть"
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      "roman": "žaždatʹ",
      "sense": "to want",
      "word": "жаждать"
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      "sense": "to want",
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      "sense": "to want",
      "word": "дуже хотіти"
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      "roman": "palko bažaty",
      "sense": "to want",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "žadaty",
      "sense": "to want",
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