Habicht

German

Etymology

From Old High German habuch, habuh, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Compare Dutch havik, Low German Haavk, English hawk, Swedish hök, Norwegian hauk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaːbɪçt/
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Hyphenation: Ha‧bicht

Noun

Habicht m (genitive Habichts, plural Habichte)

northern goshawk

Declension

Declension of Habicht

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Habicht	die	Habichte
genitive	eines	des	Habichts	der	Habichte
dative	einem	dem	Habicht	den	Habichten
accusative	einen	den	Habicht	die	Habichte

Derived terms

Finkenhabicht (= Sperber)
Hühnerhabicht (= (gemeiner) Habicht
Mäusehabicht
Stoßhabicht
Zwerghabicht

Further reading

Habicht in Duden online

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