Hacke
Meaning
heel (of the foot or shoe)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ha‧cke
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhakə/
Etymology
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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