האָקיישטעקן

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• האָקישטעקן (hokishtekn), האָקישטאָק (hokishtok), האָקיישטאָק (hokeyshtok)

Etymology

האָקיי (hokey) +‎ שטעקן (shtekn).

Noun

האָקיישטעקן • (hokeyshtekn) m, plural האָקיישטעקנס (hokeyshtekns)

1. hockey stick (both for ice hockey and field hockey)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “האָקיישטעקן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press