Hecke
See also: hecke
German
Etymology
From Middle High German hecke, from Old High German hegga, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyo-. Cognate with Dutch heg, English hedge.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): [ˈhɛkʰə]
- Rhymes: -ɛkə
- Hyphenation 1996: He‧cke, pre-1996: Hek‧ke
Noun
Hecke f (genitive Hecke, plural Hecken)
- hedge
- Synonym: Hag (archaic)
Declension
Declension of Hecke [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Hecke | die | Hecken |
genitive | einer | der | Hecke | der | Hecken |
dative | einer | der | Hecke | den | Hecken |
accusative | eine | die | Hecke | die | Hecken |
Descendants
- → Icelandic: hekk
- → Swedish: häck
- → Danish: hæk
- → Westrobothnian: häikk, haikk
Further reading
- “Hecke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hecke” in Duden online