hekk

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare Danish hæk, Dutch haag, German Hecke, Old English hecg (“fence”), Swedish häck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛhk/

Noun

hekk n (genitive singular hekks, nominative plural hekk)

1. hedge

Declension

Declension of hekk (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hekk	hekkið	hekk	hekkin
accusative	hekk	hekkið	hekk	hekkin
dative	hekki	hekkinu	hekkum	hekkunum
genitive	hekks	hekksins	hekka	hekkanna

Synonyms

• (hedge): limgerði

Maltese

Etymology

Shortening of hekkda, from Arabic هٰكَذَا (hākaḏā). Immediately equivalent to Tunisian Arabic هكا (hakka). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هيك (hayk), Iraqi Arabic هيچي (hēči).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːk/, /ɛk/

Adverb

hekk

1. so

Derived terms

• daqshekk
• għalhekk
• hemmhekk

 

Related terms

• hekkda

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

Noun

hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekker, definite plural hekkene)

1. a hedge
2. (athletics) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
3. (athletics) hurdles (a hurdle race)

   110 meter hekk - 110 metre hurdles

4. (nautical) stern

Derived terms

• hekkeløp
• hekkeløper

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)

1. a hedge
2. (sports) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
3. (sports) hurdles (a hurdle race)

   400 meter hekk - 400 metre hurdles

4. (nautical) stern

References

• “hekk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Verb

hekk

1. imperative of hekka

Etymology 3

Verb

hekk

1. past of henga

Old Norse

Verb

hekk

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of hanga