"Heck" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /hɛk/ Audio: De-Heck.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|heck||wooden fencing}} Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”), {{der|de|osx|*hekki}} Old Saxon *hekki, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*hakkju}} Proto-West Germanic *hakkju, {{cog|nl|hek}} Dutch hek, {{m+|en|hatch}} English hatch Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Heck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hecks or (with an article) Heck, feminine genitive Heck, plural Hecks) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|surname}} Forms: Hecks [genitive, masculine], Heck [genitive, masculine], Heck [feminine, genitive], Hecks [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Heck [masculine, nominative, singular], Heck [feminine, nominative, singular], Hecks [definite, nominative, plural], Hecks [genitive, masculine, singular], Heck [genitive, masculine, singular], Heck [feminine, genitive, singular], Hecks [definite, genitive, plural], Heck [dative, masculine, singular], Heck [dative, feminine, singular], Hecks [dative, definite, plural], Heck [accusative, masculine, singular], Heck [accusative, feminine, singular], Hecks [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Heck-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 55 17 28 0

Noun

IPA: /hɛk/ Audio: De-Heck.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|heck||wooden fencing}} Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”), {{der|de|osx|*hekki}} Old Saxon *hekki, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*hakkju}} Proto-West Germanic *hakkju, {{cog|nl|hek}} Dutch hek, {{m+|en|hatch}} English hatch Head templates: {{de-noun|n,s:es,s:e􂀿less common􂁀}} Heck n (strong, genitive Hecks or Heckes, plural Hecks or (less common) Hecke) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s:es,s:e􂀿less common􂁀}} Forms: Hecks [genitive], Heckes [genitive], Hecks [plural], Hecke [plural, uncommon], strong [table-tags], Heck [nominative, singular], Hecks [definite, nominative, plural], Hecke [definite, nominative, plural], Hecks [genitive, singular], Heckes [genitive, singular], Hecks [definite, genitive, plural], Hecke [definite, genitive, plural], Heck [dative, singular], Hecke [dative, singular], Hecks [dative, definite, plural], Hecken [dative, definite, plural], Heck [accusative, singular], Hecks [accusative, definite, plural], Hecke [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. stern (of a ship) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Heck-de-noun-Tijn6fbe Related terms: Bootsheck, Fließheck, Heckbremse, Heckfenster, Heckklappe, Heckleuchte, Hecklicht, Heckmotor, Heckpropeller, Heckrotor, Heckscheibe, Heckschraube, Schiffsheck, Schrägheck, Steilheck, Stufenheck, Backbord (english: ship), Steuerbord (english: ship)
  2. tail (of an aeroplane) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Heck-de-noun-XxzorUQ5
  3. back (of a car) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Heck-de-noun-TcfI2e-L

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Bootsheck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fließheck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckbremse"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckfenster"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckklappe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckleuchte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hecklicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckmotor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckpropeller"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckrotor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckscheibe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heckschraube"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schiffsheck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schrägheck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Steilheck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stufenheck"
    },
    {
      "english": "ship",
      "word": "Backbord"
    },
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      "english": "ship",
      "word": "Steuerbord"
    }
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "tail (of an aeroplane)"
      ],
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        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "back (of a car)"
      ],
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        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɛk/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/De-Heck.ogg/De-Heck.ogg.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Heck"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "German terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links"
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "wooden fencing"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "Hecks",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Heck",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Heck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Hecks",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heck",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hecks",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
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        "a surname"
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɛk/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/De-Heck.ogg/De-Heck.ogg.mp3",
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}

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