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

Terms related to Heck

Bootsheck
Heckbremse
Heckfenster

Heckklappe
Heckleuchte
Hecklicht

Heckmotor
Heckscheibe
Schiffsheck

Proper noun

Heck m, f (genitive Hecks)

A surname.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German heggia, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō. Cognate with German Hecke, Dutch heg, English hedge. The native Luxembourgish form is Ho.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hæk/

Noun

Heck f (plural Hecken)

bush, hedge

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