Heck

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. (neuter,strong) stern (of a ship)
2. (neuter,strong) tail (of an aeroplane)
3. (neuter,strong) back (of a car)

Name

a surname

Sînonîm

Schwanz

Achterschiff

Hinterschiff

Hintern

hinterer Teil

Rückseite

🔙

Schiff

Spiegel

🪞

Schwanzteil

Hinterdeck des Schiffes

Arsch

Schiffshinterteil

Ende

🔚

Hintersteven

Hinterteil

Nachhut

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/hɛk/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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.