Principal Forms
| Present, Sg.3 | hocket |
| Past Participle | ghocket |
Auxiliary
haa
Etymology
From Middle Low German hucken (“to crouch, cower”). Cognate with German hocken. See: German, old spelling '
hocken'.
Sample Sentences
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Immer i der Chammere hocke, chani au nit. (I can't sit around in my room all the time, either.) [1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:]
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De Chlii isch näb em Füür uf eine vo de Prügel ghocket und het gstuunet. (The little one plonked himself down on one of the logs near the fire and lapsed into thoughtful silence.) [2009, Andreas Neeser, No alles gliich wie morn, page 19:]