Heck
See also: heck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛk/
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Proper noun
Heck
- A hardy breed of domestic cattle, the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs from modern aurochs-derived cattle in the 1920s and 1930s.
Anagrams
- chek
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”). The sense “back of a ship” because the position of the helmsman in the stern was enclosed by such a fence. Cognate to Dutch hek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛk/
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Noun
Heck n (genitive Hecks or Heckes, plural Hecks or Hecke)
- stern (of a ship)
- tail (of an aeroplane)
- back (of a car)
Usage notes
- The more common plural is Hecks.
Declension
Declension of Heck
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Heck | die | Hecks |
genitive | eines | des | Hecks | der | Hecks |
dative | einem | dem | Heck | den | Hecks |
accusative | ein | das | Heck | die | Hecks |
Declension of Heck
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Heck | die | Hecke |
genitive | eines | des | Heckes, Hecks | der | Hecke |
dative | einem | dem | Heck, Hecke1 | den | Hecken |
accusative | ein | das | Heck | die | Hecke |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Antonyms
- (stern, tail): Bug m (“bow”)
- (back of car): Front f (“front”)
Derived terms
- Fließheck
- Steilheck
Related terms
- Bootsheck
- Heckbremse
- Heckfenster
- Heckklappe
- Heckleuchte
- Hecklicht
- Heckmotor
- Heckscheibe
- Schiffsheck
See also
- Backbord (ship)
- Steuerbord (ship)
Proper noun
Heck m or f (genitive Hecks)
- A surname.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German heggia, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō. Cognate with German Hecke, Dutch heg, English hedge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hæk/
Noun
Heck f (plural Hecken)
- bush, hedge
Synonyms
- Ho