hekk
Icelandic
Etymology
Compare Danish hæk, Dutch haag, German Hecke, Old English hecg (“fence”), Swedish häck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛhk/
Noun
hekk n (genitive singular hekks, nominative plural hekk)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hekk | hekkið | hekk | hekkin |
| accusative | hekk | hekkið | hekk | hekkin |
| dative | hekki | hekkinu | hekkum | hekkunum |
| genitive | hekks | hekksins | hekka | hekkanna |
Maltese
Etymology
Shortening of hekkda, from Arabic هٰكَذَا (hākaḏā). Immediately equivalent to Tunisian Arabic هكا (hakka). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هيك (hayk), Iraqi Arabic هيچي (hēči).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛːk/, /ɛk/
Adverb
hekk
Derived terms
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.
Noun
hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekker, definite plural hekkene)
- a hedge
- (athletics) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
- (athletics) hurdles (a hurdle race)
- 110 meter hekk - 110 metre hurdles
- (nautical) stern
Derived terms
- hekkeløp
- hekkeløper
References
- “hekk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.
Noun
hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekkar, definite plural hekkane)
- a hedge
- (sports) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
- (sports) hurdles (a hurdle race)
- 400 meter hekk - 400 metre hurdles
- (nautical) stern
References
- “hekk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology 2
Verb
hekk
- imperative of hekka
Etymology 3
Verb
hekk
- past of henga
Old Norse
Verb
hekk
- first/third-person singular past active indicative of hanga