Haken

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) hook
2. (masculine,strong) catch, hitch (a concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation)
3. (masculine,strong) checkmark

Concepts

hook

🪝

hitch

catch

hanger

peg

snag

tick

crux

crotchet

fault

glitch

hebetude

hiccup

hook and eye

hooks

kink

out of order

shipowner

crochet needle

accident

hook

🪝

break-down

check

check mark

closet

crook

crotchets

cruxes

failure

Synonyms

Angel

Kleiderbügel

Schwierigkeit

Angelhaken

Nachteil

Pferdefuß

Schnalle

Öse

👁️

Clique

gebogen

Gekröse

gekrümmt

Haare

Haarnadel

Harke

Hemmung

Henkel

Hindernis

Klammer

🗜️

Kleiderhaken

Kratzer

krumm

Manko

Netz

Pflug

Ring

💍

Schlinge

➿

Stange

Störung

Strich

Verhinderung

Gekritzel

Häkeln

Hühnerstange

Häkelnadel

krummgeschlagener Nagel

Zollrückvergütung

Hakennagel

Wandhaken

Anziehungskraft

Aufhänger

Band

Baumstumpf

Blatt

Bügel

🙇

Büroklammer

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

hoogge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaːkŋ̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: hāke

Inherited from Old High German: hāggo, hācko, hāko

Cognate with Old English: hǣca

Cognate with Dutch: haak

Cognate with Dutch: hoek

Cognate with English: hook

Cognate with Danish: hage

In summary

From Middle High German hāke, from Old High German hāggo, hācko, hāko, from Proto-West Germanic *hākō, from Proto-Germanic *hēkô, from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg; hook”). Cognate with Old English hǣca (“hook, bolt”).
One of the rare words with a long vowel followed by an original geminate, which was later simplified. Cognate with Dutch haak. Further related with Dutch hoek, English hook, Danish hage.