hauk

See also: Hauk

Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite accusative singular of haukur
2. indefinite dative singular of haukur

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Middle English

Noun

hauk

1. Alternative form of hauke

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Norwegian Bokmål

hauk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæʉk/

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”).

Noun

hauk m (definite singular hauken, indefinite plural hauker, definite plural haukene)

1. a hawk

   Ser du haukene på himmelen?

   Can you see the hawks in the sky?

Derived terms

• tverrhalehauk

References

• “hauk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Akin to English hawk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæʉk/

Noun

hauk m (definite singular hauken, indefinite plural haukar, definite plural haukane)

1. a hawk
2. Ser du haukane på himmelen?

   Can you see the hawks in the sky?

Derived terms

• tverrhalehauk

References

• “hauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Volapük

Noun

hauk (nominative plural hauks)

1. hawk

Declension

declension of hauk

	singular	plural
nominative	hauk	hauks
genitive	hauka	haukas
dative	hauke	haukes
accusative	hauki	haukis
vocative 1	o hauk!	o hauks!
predicative 2	hauku	haukus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from .

Noun

1. Hawk.

Usage notes

In some varieties the term or is preferred, with only in compounds.