hok

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) a living shelter for domesticated animals such as a kennel, cage, hut or a pen
2. (neuter) a closet or small room
3. (neuter) a den; a small and often dark dwelling such as a hut

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of hokken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of hokken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of hokken:

hokken

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

pen

🖊️

sty

kennel

doghouse

ramshackle hut

stable

jeryhouse

cage

small dwelling

den

hovel

hut

🛖

Synonyms

kot

👎

hut

kamertje

kazerne

keet

kooi

krot

stal

hutje

barak

barakken

Translations

stalla

estable

Hundehütte

armselige Wohnung

Baracke

Bretterbude

quarter

Hütte

🛖

Pferch

Schlag

Spelunke

Stall

Schuppen

armselige Hütte

cabana

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɦɔk/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Low German:

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: gapahuk

In summary

Of unclear origin, but possibly related to the rare noun honk (“shelter, home”), the latter presumably a later nasalized variant. Compare Middle Low German [Term?] and Norwegian Nynorsk gapahuk.