Heck

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter, strong) stern (of a ship)
2. (neuter, strong) tail (of an aeroplane)
3. (neuter, strong) back (of a car)

Name

a surname

Concepts

stern

rear

back

🔙

tail

poop

💩

Stern

tailcoat

tails

Synonyms

Schwanz

Achterschiff

Hinterschiff

Hintern

hinterer Teil

Rückseite

🔙

Schiff

Spiegel

🪞

Schwanzteil

Hinterdeck des Schiffes

Arsch

Schiffshinterteil

Ende

🔚

Hintersteven

Hinterteil

Nachhut

Translations

popa

poppa

achtersteven

poupe

💩

arrière

🔙

puppis

popa

spiegel

🪞

popa

arka

🔙

πρύμνη

traseiro

queue

rabo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɛk/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: hek

In summary

From Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”), from Old Saxon *hekki, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju. The sense “back of a ship” because the position of the helmsman in the stern was enclosed by such a fence. Cognate to Dutch hek, English hatch.