Heck

See also: heck

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Proper noun

Heck

  1. 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

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)

  1. stern (of a ship)
  2. tail (of an aeroplane)
  3. 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

See also

Proper noun

Heck m or f (genitive Hecks)

  1. 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)

  1. bush, hedge

Synonyms
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