Neuter

hek

Sentences
An user
Ze   was
🧽
  te   kort   om   over   het   hek   heen   te   kijken .

She was too short to look over the fence.

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Meaning

  1. (neuter) fence
  2. (neuter) stern

Concepts

fence
barrier
grill
grid
gate
grate
bar
stern
grating
grille
obstacle
poop
💩
railing
Synonyms

omheining
C2
afsluiting
C2
barrière
C2
poort
B1

heining

versperring
36k
schutting
32k
🅰️
rooster
C1

afrastering

traliewerk

tolhuis

hinderpaal

slagboom

traliehek

ploegijzer

spoorboom

achtersteven
29k
Translations

Zaun
barrière
grille
cerca
cerca
Sperre
Hecke
Gitter
tanca
Schranke
recinto
clôture
steccato
reja
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦɛk/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
hecke
Inherited from Old Dutch
*hekka
In summary

From Middle Dutch hecke, from Old Dutch *hekka, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju.

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