verb · intransitive · rare

hanker

hanker · hankers · hankered · hankering

дуже хотіти, палко бажати, жадати

хотеть, жаждать

verlangen, begehren

To crave, want or desireTo crave, want or desire.

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/ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/

» I never hanker for a cheeseburger.

У меня никогда не бывает желания съесть чизбургер.

У меня никогда не возникает желания съесть чизбургер.

Meaning

1 senses

To crave, want or desire.
If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.
verlangen, begehren
хотетьxotetʹ, жаждатьžaždatʹ
дуже хотітиduže xotity, палко бажатиpalko bažaty, жадатиžadaty
desire strongly or persistently

Examples

5 sentences

I never hanker for a cheeseburger.
ruУ меня никогда не бывает желания съесть чизбургер.
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I began to hanker after eating an authentic pretzel.
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I hankered to get out of the city for a weekend.
deIch sehne mich danach, für ein Wochenende aus der Stadt rauszukommen.
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After I eat my shrimp and grits, I hanker after apple pie and sweet tea.
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I'm hankering after a hamburger and fries but I don't have a grill and it's not safe to go out to eat.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to want:

Русский

By meaning 1

to want:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to want:

Origin

With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną,

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.

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