Hack

== English == === Etymology === As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”). Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker. As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack. Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck. Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from hach, hack (“boggy water”). As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Acke with a prosthetic H-, itself of North Germanic origin and a pet form of Old Norse Áskell, see Haskell. Also as an English surname, from Middle Dutch Hakke, denasalized from Hanke, a West Flemish and Picard form of John. Also as an English surname, from the Middle English adjective hak (“ruthless, unsparing”). As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish האַק (hak, “axe”). === Proper noun === Hack (plural Hacks) A surname. ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of Hackfleisch. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hak/ Rhymes: -ak ==== Noun ==== Hack n (strong, genitive Hacks, no plural) minced meat, ground meat ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Hackbraten Rinderhack === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English hack. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk ==== Noun ==== Hack m (strong, genitive Hacks or Hack, plural Hacks) show horse (of unspecified breed) (clarification of this definition is needed.) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from English hack. ==== Noun ==== Hack m (strong, genitive Hacks, plural Hacks) (computing, slang) hack (exploit; illegitimate attempt to gain access) ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== hacken Hacker m Hacking n === Further reading === “Hack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hack” in Duden online “Hack” in Duden online == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German hakke, from Proto-Germanic *hak(k)-, perhaps related to *hakô. Compare German Hacke, Dutch hak. ==== Noun ==== Hack f (plural Hacke) hoe === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English hack. ==== Noun ==== Hack m (plural Hacke) lash, blow cutting rejoinder