Hecht

See also: hecht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hechet, from Old High German hehhit, from Proto-Germanic *hakiþaz or *hakidaz, ultimately from the root of Haken (“hook”) (English hook).

Cognate with Middle Dutch heket, Old Saxon hakth, *hakith, Old English hacod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛçt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛçt

Noun

Hecht m (strong, genitive Hechtes or Hechts, plural Hechte)

1. pike (fish), luce
2. (with adjective, especially toll) a bloke, a guy, especially an admired, self-confident, or arrogant one

Declension

Declension of Hecht [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hecht	die	Hechte
genitive	eines	des	Hechtes, Hechts	der	Hechte
dative	einem	dem	Hecht, Hechte1	den	Hechten
accusative	einen	den	Hecht	die	Hechte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Hecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hecht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hecht” in Duden online
• Hecht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German hö̂chte, from Old Saxon *hōhitha, from Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu.

Noun

Hecht f (plural Hechten)

1. height, altitude