Haack

English

Etymology

From German and Dutch.

Proper noun

Haack

  1. A surname from German or Dutch.

Derived terms

References

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)

  1. a surname