Hack
English
Etymology
- As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”).
- Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker.
- As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack.
- Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck.
- Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from hach, hack (“boggy water”).
- As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Acke with a prosthetic H-, itself of North Germanic origin and a pet form of Old Norse Áskell, see Haskell.
- Also as an English surname, from Middle Dutch Hakke, denasalized from Hanke, a West Flemish and Picard form of John.
- Also as an English surname, from the Middle English adjective hak (“ruthless, unsparing”).
- As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish האַק (hak, “axe”).
Proper noun
Hack
- A surname
German
Etymology 1
Clipping of Hackfleisch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hak/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ak
Noun
Hack n (strong, genitive Hacks, no plural)
Declension
Declension of Hack [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
Hack m (strong, genitive Hacks or Hack, plural Hacks)
Declension
Declension of Hack [masculine, strong]
Etymology 3
Noun
Hack m (strong, genitive Hacks, plural Hacks)
Declension
Declension of Hack [masculine, strong]
Related terms
Further reading
Pennsylvania German
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German hakke, from Proto-Germanic *hak(k)-, perhaps related to *hakô. Compare German Hacke, Dutch hak.
Noun
Hack f (plural Hacke)
Etymology 2
Noun
Hack m (plural Hacke)