Hook

== English == === Etymology === As an English surname, from the noun hook. As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”). As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook. === Proper noun === Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks) A surname. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Wimblington parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF4293). A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3005). A village and civil parish near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7625). A suburb in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1865). A large village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7254). A hamlet in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5005). A hamlet in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6758). A village in Lydiard Tregoze parish, near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0784). A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9711). A rural locality in South Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River. ==== Translations ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Hook is the 2680th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13437 individuals. Hook is most common among White (90.12%) individuals. === Noun === Hook (plural Hooks) Alternative form of Hoek (“member of Dutch faction”) === See also === Hook Norton === References === === Anagrams === Khoo, OHKO == German == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoːk/ === Noun === Hook m (strong, genitive Hookes or Hooks, plural Höke) (regional, Westphalia, chiefly in toponyms) a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five ==== Usage notes ==== The land shared by a Hook is typically called Esch. ==== Declension ==== == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German hôk, from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. More at hook. === Noun === Hook m (plural Hoken) (German Low German) corner angle tip of land; headland; point; foreland