hekk

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Icelandic

Etymology

Compare Danish hæk, Dutch haag, German Hecke, Old English hecg (“fence”), Swedish häck.

Pronunciation

Noun

hekk n (genitive singular hekks, nominative plural hekk)

  1. hedge
    Synonym: limgerði

Declension

Declension of hekk (neuter)
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

Adverb

hekk

  1. so

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

Noun

hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekker, definite plural hekkene)

  1. a hedge
  2. (athletics) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
  3. (athletics) hurdles (a hurdle race)
    110 meter hekk - 110 metre hurdles
  4. (nautical) stern

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

Noun

hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekkar, definite plural hekkane)

  1. a hedge
  2. (sports) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
  3. (sports) hurdles (a hurdle race)
    400 meter hekk - 400 metre hurdles
  4. (nautical) stern

References

Etymology 2

Verb

hekk

  1. imperative of hekka

Etymology 3

Verb

hekk

  1. past of henga

Old Norse

Verb

hekk

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of hanga
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