hauk

See also: Hauk

Icelandic

Noun

hauk

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hafek, havek, havk, hawk, hawke
• hafvek, hævek, heavek, hevek (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English hafoc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hau̯k/, /ˈhavək/, /hafk/

Noun

hauk (plural haukes or haveken)

1. hawk (A bird of the family Accipitridae)
2. falcon (A bird of the genus Falco)

Related terms

• goshauk
• sparhauk

Descendants

• English: hawk
  • Sranan Tongo: aka
• Scots: hawk

References

• “hauk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

Norwegian Bokmål

hauk

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, from Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Replaced older høk, from Danish høg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæʉk/

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• høk (dialectal, Østerdalsmål)

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): /hœʊːk/

Noun

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

1. a hawk

   Ser du haukane på himmelen?

   Can you see the hawks in the sky?

Derived terms

• tverrhalehauk

References

• “hauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

hauk

1. accusative singular of haukr

Tagal Murut

Noun

hauk

1. soberness; drunkenness

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