"Hook" meaning in German

See Hook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hoːk/
Etymology: From Middle Low German hôk (“corner, angle”), from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. Compare the sense “small cluster of houses” in cognate Dutch hoek. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|hôk||corner, angle}} Middle Low German hôk (“corner, angle”), {{der|de|osx|hōk}} Old Saxon hōk, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*hōk}} Proto-West Germanic *hōk, {{der|de|gem-pro|*hōkaz}} Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, {{cog|nl|hoek}} Dutch hoek Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Hook m (strong, genitive Hookes or Hooks, plural Höke) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Hookes [genitive], Hooks [genitive], Höke [plural], strong [table-tags], Hook [nominative, singular], Höke [definite, nominative, plural], Hookes [genitive, singular], Hooks [genitive, singular], Höke [definite, genitive, plural], Hook [dative, singular], Hooke [dative, singular], Höken [dative, definite, plural], Hook [accusative, singular], Höke [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (regional, Westphalia, chiefly in toponyms) a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five Tags: Westphalia, masculine, regional, strong
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