hekk

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hekk n (genitive singular hekks, nominative plural hekk)

  1. hedge

Declension

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    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

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Maltese

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Etymology

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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

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Adverb

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hekk

  1. so

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

Noun

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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

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

Noun

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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

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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hekk

  1. imperative of hekka

Etymology 3

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Verb

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hekk

  1. past of henga

Old Norse

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Verb

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hekk

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