hake

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heɪk/

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• Rhymes: -eɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle English *hake, from Old English hæca, haca (“hook, bolt, door-fastening, bar”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”). Related to hook.

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) A hook; a pot-hook.
2. (Now chiefly dialectal) A kind of weapon; a pike.
3. (Now chiefly dialectal) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hake, probably a shortened form (due to North Germanic influence) of English dialectal haked (“pike”). Compare Norwegian hakefisk (“trout, salmon”), Middle Low German haken (“kipper”). More at haked.

Alternative forms

• haak

Noun

hake (plural hakes or hake)

2. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
   • 1964 October, P. Baxter, “Fleetwood is sceptical of BR's fish train plan”, in Modern Railways, page 255:

     Hake is an expensive fish—and is also very vulnerable to damage by mis-handling.

Synonyms

• codling, squirrel hake

Hyponyms

• (gadoid fish): European hake (Merluccius merluccius), American silver hake, whiting (Merluccius bilinearis), Phycis chuss, Phycis tenius, red hake, silver hake

Translations

Etymology 3

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Noun

hake (plural hakes)

1. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
   • 1882, P. L. Sword & Son, Sword's Improved Patent Brick Machine, in the Adrian City Directories:

     The clay is taken direct from the bank and made into brick the right temper to place direct from the Machine in the hake on the yard. take the brick direct from the Machine and put them in the hake to dry.

Translations

Etymology 4

Ultimately related to the root of hook. Compare Dutch haken (“to hanker”).

Verb

hake (third-person singular simple present hakes, present participle haking, simple past and past participle haked)

1. (UK, dialect) To loiter; to sneak.
   • 1886, English Dialect Society, Publications: Volume 52:

     She'd as well been at school as haking about.

Anagrams

• heka

Dutch

Verb

hake

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of haken

Finnish

Etymology

hakata +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑkeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑke
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧ke

Noun

hake

1. woodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hake”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

hake

1. inflection of haken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

hake

1. Rōmaji transcription of はけ

Maori

Verb

hake

1. to be hunched, crooked, bent

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hako, *hāko, from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô, *hēkô. The modern Limburgish ao suggests Middle Dutch â, and therefore also Old Dutch ā and Proto-Germanic *ē.

Noun

hāke or hâke m

1. hook

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• haec
• haeccen

Descendants

• Dutch: haak
  • Afrikaans: haak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: haki
  • Negerhollands: huk
  • → Indonesian: hak
  • → Papiamentu: hak, haak
  • → Sranan Tongo: aka
    • → Caribbean Javanese: akah
• Limburgish: haok

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hake”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology

Unknown; see more at English hake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːk(ə)/

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

1. hake (gadoid fish)

Descendants

• English: hake

References

• “hāke, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

hake

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haka.

Noun

hake f or m (definite singular haka or haken, indefinite plural haker, definite plural hakene)

1. a chin (bottom of the face)

Derived terms

• dobbelthake

Etymology 2

From Old Norse haki.

Noun

hake m (definite singular haken, indefinite plural haker, definite plural hakene)

1. hook
2. barb
3. calk
4. catch, drawback

Derived terms

• båtshake
• hakekors
• vinkelhake

References

• “hake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

hake

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Old Norse haka, Proto-Germanic *hakǭ.

Alternative forms

• haka, hoka, hoke, hoko, hoku, huku (superseded forms)
• hukku, håkkå (dialectal)

Noun

hake f (definite singular haka, indefinite plural haker, definite plural hakene)

1. chin (bottom of the face)

Derived terms

• dobbelhake, dobbelthake

Etymology 2

From Old Norse haki.

Alternative forms

• håkkå (dialectal)

Noun

hake m (definite singular haken, indefinite plural hakar, definite plural hakane)

1. hook
2. barb
3. calk
4. catch, drawback

Derived terms

• båtshake
• hakekors, hakekross
• vinkelhake

References

• “hake” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• heka

Palauan

Etymology

From Japanese 刷毛 (hake).

Pronunciation

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Noun

hake

1. paintbrush

References

• hake in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• hake in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• hake in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 91.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish haki, from Old Norse haki, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

Noun

hake c

1. a hook (for fastening or suspending something, not fishing)
2. a catch, a snag

   Jag visste att det fanns en hake

   I knew there was a catch

   Vad är haken?

   What's the catch?

Declension

Derived terms

• hållhake

See also

• hasp
• krok (“hook”) (for fishing)

References

• hake in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hake in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hake in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jaque, from Old Spanish xaque, from Arabic شاه (šāh, “shah; king chess piece”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/, “king”). Doublet of tsek, tseke, and tses.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhake/,
• Rhymes: -ake
• Syllabification: ha‧ke

Noun

hake (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜃᜒ) (chess)

1. check

   Synonym: tsek

See also

Further reading

• “hake”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018