Hook
English edit
Etymology edit
- As an English surname, from the noun hook.
- As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”).
- As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook.
Proper noun edit
Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks)
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A hamlet in Wimblington parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF4293). [1]
- A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3005). [2]
- A village and civil parish near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7625). [3]
- A suburb in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1865).
- A large village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7254). [4]
- A hamlet in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5005).
- A hamlet in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6758). [5]
- A village in Lydiard Tregoze parish, near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0784).
- A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9711). [6]
- A rural locality in South Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River. [7]
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Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hook is the 2680th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13437 individuals. Hook is most common among White (90.12%) individuals.
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German edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hook m (strong, genitive Hookes or Hooks, plural Höke)
- (regional, Westphalia, chiefly in toponyms) a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five
Usage notes edit
- The land shared by a Hook is typically called Esch.
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German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German hôk, from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. More at hook.
Noun edit
Hook m (plural Hoken)