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
n-s 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

Maltese

Adverb

hekk

  1. so

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

hekk

  1. imperative of hekka and hekke

Etymology 3

Verb

hekk

  1. past tense of henga
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