Hecke

See also: hecke

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hecke, from Old High German hegga, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyo-. Cognate with Dutch heg, English hedge.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈhɛkʰə]
Rhymes: -ɛkə
Hyphenation 1996: He‧cke, pre-1996: Hek‧ke

Noun

Hecke f (genitive Hecke, plural Hecken)

hedge
Synonym: Hag (archaic)

Declension

Declension of Hecke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hecke	die	Hecken
genitive	einer	der	Hecke	der	Hecken
dative	einer	der	Hecke	den	Hecken
accusative	eine	die	Hecke	die	Hecken

Hyponyms

Brombeerhecke
Buchsbaumhecke
Dornenhecke
Eibenhecke
Gartenhecke
Ligusterhecke
Rosenhecke
Thujahecke
Weißdornhecke

Related terms

Heckenbraunelle
Heckenkirsche
Heckenlandschaft
Heckenschere
Heckenschütze

Descendants

→ Icelandic: hekk
→ Swedish: häck
→ Danish: hæk

Further reading

“Hecke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Hecke” in Duden online

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