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)

1. hedge

Declension

declension of hekk

n-s	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

Synonyms

• (hedge): limgerði

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

1. so

Derived terms

• daqshekk
• għalhekk
• hemmhekk

 

Related terms

• hekkda

 

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• 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)

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

• “hekk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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