Feminine

Hacke

Meaning

heel (of the foot or shoe)

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

haggi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

haieli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

heieli

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhakə/
Etymology

In summary

15th century, from Middle Low German hakke, from Proto-Germanic *hak(k)-, perhaps related to *hakô. Cognate with Dutch hak. The word also existed in Old High German as hakka (“animal heel”), but this had no attested continuation in Middle High German.

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