hengelen

From Middle Dutch hengelen, equivalent to hengel (“fishing rod”) +‎ -en. The fishing sense is influenced by Dutch angel (“fishhook”), Middle Dutch angelen (“to pierce with a hook”). Compare also hengelroede (“fishing rod”) with dialectal or obsolete Dutch angelroede (“fishing rod”), German Angelrute (“fishing rod”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛ.ŋə.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: hen‧ge‧len

hengelen

1. (intransitive) to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod
2. (intransitive, figurative) to fish for information or some reaction

• hengelaar