haak

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦaːk/
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  • Hyphenation: haak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hāke, from Old Dutch *hako, from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

Noun

haak m (plural haken, diminutive haakje n)

  1. hook
  2. (usually in the plural, diminutive) bracket (for enclosing text or mathematical symbols)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: haak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: haki
  • Negerhollands: huk
  • → Indonesian: hak
  • → Papiamentu: hak, haak
  • → Sranan Tongo: aka
    • → Caribbean Javanese: akah

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

haak

  1. inflection of haken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from a Germanic language, probably Low German hake. Compare Finnish haka.

Pronunciation

Noun

haak (genitive haagi, partitive haaki)

  1. hook (usually as part of a closure, etc.)
  2. detour (deviation from moving in a straight direction)

Declension

Declension of haak (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative haak haagid
accusative nom.
gen. haagi
genitive haakide
partitive haaki haake
haakisid
illative haaki
haagisse 		haakidesse
haagesse
inessive haagis haakides
haages
elative haagist haakidest
haagest
allative haagile haakidele
haagele
adessive haagil haakidel
haagel
ablative haagilt haakidelt
haagelt
translative haagiks haakideks
haageks
terminative haagini haakideni
essive haagina haakidena
abessive haagita haakideta
comitative haagiga haakidega

Descendants

References

  • haak in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “haak”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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