honk

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (neuter,rare) home, place where one belongs, shelter
2. (neuter) base (safe zone, e.g. in baseball and similar sports)

Synoniemen

doelwit

doel

doelstelling

wit

voornemen

bedoeling

zin

strekking

toeleg

plan

station

🚉

base

Geslacht

Onzijdig

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɦɔŋk/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch honc, likely through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic *hank-, *hunk-. Only has cognates in the Frisian languages and possibly in the Old High German placename Hancwin. Since cognates outside of Germanic are lacking, the word is probably of substrate origin. Possibly related to haak (“hook”) and hoek (“corner”).