hauk

See also: Hauk

Icelandic

Noun

hauk

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

Middle English

Noun

hauk

  1. Alternative form of hauke

Norwegian Bokmål
hauk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hæʉk/

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”).

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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): /hæʉk/

Noun

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

  1. a hawk
  2. Ser du haukane på himmelen?
    Can you see the hawks in the sky?

Derived terms

References

Volapük

Noun

hauk (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 some later, non-classical Volapük only

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms
  • höuk
  • häuk
  • heok

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz.

Noun

hauk m

  1. Hawk.

Usage notes

In some varieties the term späning or spänning is preferred, with hauk only in compounds.

Derived terms
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