hak.
a notch
Meaning & usage
a notch
a notch a rabbet, (UK) a rebate
Where this word comes from
From dialectal hak (“notch; angle; corner”). Related to the root of hake. First attested in 1807.
A corner.
A place. A corner.
a joint (simple or lowly food venue, or entertainment venue)
ett hamburgerhak
Det ligger ett schysst nudelhak runt hörnet
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from Tavringer Romani hak (“place; house”), also found as Traveller Norwegian hak (“place”). The (2023) SAOB entry for ölhak (“beer joint”) gives the origin as an old chimney sweep cryptolect called knoparmoj, where it meant corner; then potentially to hake (“hook”) and etymology 1. Compare corner in the sense of place.
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