hauen

Etymology
From, , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to thrust, slash (with a weapon)
 * 2)  to cut, hew
 * 3)  to hit, beat, bang, whack
 * 4)  to fling oneself
 * 5)  to chop, chop down
 * 1)  to fling oneself
 * 2)  to chop, chop down
 * 1)  to fling oneself
 * 2)  to chop, chop down
 * 1)  to chop, chop down

Usage notes
The strong preterite form is only common in the literary sense of to thrust, and also in the set phrase in die gleiche Kerbe hauen, otherwise it's rare and/or stilted, with  being used instead. However, the main past participle is still outside of some regional vernaculars.