hekk
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)
Declension
declension of hekk
Synonyms
- (hedge): limgerði
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic هٰكَذَا (hākaḏā) or a related form. Immediately equivalent to Tunisian Arabic هكا (hakka). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هيك (hayk), Iraqi Arabic هيچي (hēči).
Pronunciation
Adverb
hekk
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.
Noun
hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekker, definite plural hekkene)
- a hedge
- (athletics) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
- (athletics) hurdles (a hurdle race)
- 110 meter hekk - 110 metre hurdles
- (nautical) stern
Derived terms
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)
- a hedge
- (sports) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
- (sports) hurdles (a hurdle race)
- 400 meter hekk - 400 metre hurdles
- (nautical) stern
References
- “hekk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology 2
Verb
hekk
Etymology 3
Verb
hekk
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