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haak.

hook

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɦaːk/
  1. hook

    masculine
  2. bracket (for enclosing text or mathematical symbols)

    diminutive · masculine · plural-normally
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch hāke, from Old Dutch *hako, from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

noun/ɦaːk/
  1. shoal, sandbank

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch hake, further etymology uncertain. Possibly equal to Etymology 1. A relation to Middle Low German hake (“a unit of area”) has also been proposed, as well as a relation to Middle Dutch haec (“haystack”).

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