Haack
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Haack
- A surname from German or Dutch.
Derived terms
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haack”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
German
Etymology
Surname of Dutch and north/Low German origin, including:
- The noun haak (“hook”)
- From the noun hoke, hoker (“peddler, hawker”), for which see huckster
- From an old Germanic name Hake, Hage, shortened from several names derived from the element *haggju (“hedge, enclosure”), see Haag.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Haack m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Haacks or (with an article) Haack, feminine genitive Haack, plural Haacks)
- a surname