Hecht

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) pike (fish), luce
2. (masculine, strong) a bloke, a guy, especially an admired, self-confident, or arrogant one

Concepts

pike

pickerel

northern pike

jack

common pike

dandy

great northern pickerel

great northern pike

Maskinonge

Muskellunge

Pickerel chain

Pickerel grass

great lakes pike

luce

jackfish

American pike

Synonyms

glänzend

glatt

Habicht

Sperber

Spitze

Stör

Wasserwolf

Hacht

Vogelstesser

Stiesser

Stößer

Taubenhabicht

Kleiner Geier

Accipiter nisus

Finkenhabich

Waldgeier

Spitzhabch

Schwalbenstesser

Taubenstößer

Vogelstessl

Vogelstößel

Finknhächt

Sperlingstößer

Sperlings-Aar

Taubmhächt

Vogelhabicht

Langschwanz

Spatzengeier

Vuaglhächt

Falkel

Vogelspring

Gewöhnlicher Hecht

Translations

brochet

snoek

lucio

luccio

lúcio

Esox lucius

turnabalığı

turna balığı

λούτσος

lucius

🐟

lluç de riu

سمك الكراكي

lluç

Luccio nero

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

hächt

Basel-Landschaft

hecht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɛçt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: hechet

Inherited from Old High German: hehhit

Cognate with English: hook

Cognate with Middle Dutch: heket

Cognate with Old Saxon: hakth

Cognate with Old English: hacod

In summary

From Middle High German hechet, from Old High German hehhit, from Proto-Germanic *hakiþaz or *hakidaz, ultimately from the root of Haken (“hook”) (English hook).
Cognate with Middle Dutch heket, Old Saxon hakth, *hakith, Old English hacod.