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Hook.

a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/hoːk/
  1. a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five

    Westphalia · masculine · regional · strong
Where this word comes from

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.

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