Heck

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Heck A hardy breed of domestic cattle, the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs from modern aurochs-derived cattle in the 1920s and 1930s. === Etymology 2 === English, Dutch and south German surname, all from words meaning "hedge," "enclosure," "fence," from *haggju. Compare Van Heck, Hatch. ==== Proper noun ==== Heck A surname, possibly from German. === Etymology 3 === ==== Proper noun ==== Heck A civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district, with the villages of Great Heck and Little Heck. A hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY0980). ===== Derived terms ===== Great Heck === References === === Anagrams === chek == German == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛk/ === Noun === Heck n (strong, genitive Hecks or Heckes, plural Hecks or (less common) Hecke) stern (of a ship) tail (of an aeroplane) back (of a car) ==== Usage notes ==== The more common plural is Hecks. ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “stern, tail”): Bug m (“bow”) (antonym(s) of “back of car”): Front f (“front”) ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== Backbord (ship) Steuerbord (ship) === Proper noun === Heck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hecks or (with an article) Heck, feminine genitive Heck, plural Hecks) a surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Heck” in Duden online “Heck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Heck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Heck” in OpenThesaurus.de Heck on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German hegge, from Old High German heggia, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju. Cognate with German Hecke, Dutch heg, English hedge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hæk/ === Noun === Heck f (plural Hecken) bush, hedge ==== Synonyms ==== Ho