Hack

See also: hack and häck

English

Etymology

• As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”).
• Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker.
• As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack.
• Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck.
• Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from hach, hack (“boggy water”).
• As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Acke with a prosthetic H-, itself of North Germanic origin and a pet form of Old Norse Áskell, see Haskell.
• Also as an English surname, from Middle Dutch Hakke, denasalized from Hanke, a West Flemish and Picard form of John.
• Also as an English surname, from the Middle English adjective hak (“ruthless, unsparing”).
• As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish האַק (hak, “axe”).

Proper noun

Hack

1. A surname

German

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /hak/, [häk]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak

Etymology

Clipping of Hackfleisch

Noun

Hack n (strong, genitive Hacks, no plural)

1. minced meat, ground meat

   Geben Sie mir bitte ein Pfund Hack.

   Please give me a pound of ground meat.

Declension

Declension of Hack [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hack
genitive	eines	des	Hacks
dative	einem	dem	Hack
accusative	ein	das	Hack

Derived terms

• Hackbraten
• Rinderhack

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /hɛk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

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Noun

Hack m (strong, genitive Hacks or Hack, plural Hacks)

1. show horse (of unspecified breed)

Declension

Declension of Hack [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hack	die	Hacks
genitive	eines	des	Hacks, Hack	der	Hacks
dative	einem	dem	Hack	den	Hacks
accusative	einen	den	Hack	die	Hacks

Etymology 2

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Noun

Hack m (strong, genitive Hacks, plural Hacks)

1. (computing, slang) hack (exploit; illegitimate attempt to gain access)

Declension

Declension of Hack [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hack	die	Hacks
genitive	eines	des	Hacks	der	Hacks
dative	einem	dem	Hack	den	Hacks
accusative	einen	den	Hack	die	Hacks

Related terms

• hacken
• Hacker

Further reading

• “Hack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hack” in Duden online
• “Hack” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German hakke, from Proto-Germanic *hak(k)-, perhaps related to *hakô. Compare German Hacke, Dutch hak.

Noun

Hack f (plural Hacke)

1. hoe

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hack.

Noun

Hack m (plural Hacke)

1. lash, blow
2. cutting rejoinder