No. 8,450 in Dutch
hakken
"To chop" or "to hack."
In a sentence
Hij hakte het hout met een bijl.
He chopped the wood with an axe.
Here, 'hakken' refers to chopping or cutting using a tool, indicating an action performed with direct physical effort on a material like wood.
Zij draagt mooie hakken naar het feest.
She wears beautiful heels to the party.
'Hakken' in this sentence refers to high heels, indicating a fashion context where the term describes a type of footwear rather than an action.
De hakken van deze schoenen zijn versleten.
The heels of these shoes are worn out.
'Hakken' here represents the part of a shoe called 'heel,' showcasing its use in describing an object instead of an action or verb.
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