Hecht

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛxt] === Proper noun === Hecht m anim (female equivalent Hechtová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Hecht”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hechet, from Old High German hehhit, from Proto-Germanic *hakiþaz or *hakidaz, ultimately from the root of Haken (“hook”) (English hook). Cognate with Middle Dutch heket, Old Saxon hakth, *hakith, Old English hacod. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛçt/ Rhymes: -ɛçt === Noun === Hecht m (strong, genitive Hechtes or Hechts, plural Hechte) pike (fish), luce (with adjective, especially toll) a bloke, a guy, especially an admired, self-confident, or arrogant one ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Hecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hecht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Hecht” in Duden online Hecht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German hö̂chte, from Old Saxon *hōhitha, from Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu. === Noun === Hecht f (plural Hechten) height, altitude ==== Related terms ==== huach (“high”)