Heck

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Synonyme

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/hɛk/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”), from Old Saxon *hekki, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju. 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, English hatch.

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