hekk

Compare Danish hæk, Dutch haag, German Hecke, Old English hecg (“fence”), Swedish häck.

• IPA^(key): /hɛhk/

hekk n (genitive singular hekks, nominative plural hekk)

1. hedge

• (hedge): limgerði

Shortening of hekkda, from Arabic هٰكَذَا (hākaḏā). Immediately equivalent to Tunisian Arabic هكا (hakka). Compare also North Levantine Arabic هيك (hayk), Iraqi Arabic هيچي (hēči).

• IPA^(key): /ɛːk/, /ɛk/

hekk

1. so

From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekker, definite plural hekkene)

1. a hedge
2. (athletics) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
3. (athletics) hurdles (a hurdle race)

   110 meter hekk - 110 metre hurdles

4. (nautical) stern

• hekkeløp
• hekkeløper

• “hekk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Hecke, sense 4 from Low German hek.

hekk m (definite singular hekken, indefinite plural hekkar, definite plural hekkane)

1. a hedge
2. (sports) a hurdle (in a hurdle race)
3. (sports) hurdles (a hurdle race)

   400 meter hekk - 400 metre hurdles

4. (nautical) stern

• “hekk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hekk

1. imperative of hekka

hekk

1. past of henga

hekk

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of hanga