hauk

See also: Hauk

Icelandic

Noun

hauk

1. indefinite accusative singular of haukur
2. indefinite dative singular of haukur

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hafek, havek, havk, hawk, hawke
• hafvek, hævek, heavek, hevek (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English hafoc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hau̯k/, /ˈhavək/, /hafk/

Noun

hauk (plural haukes or haveken)

1. hawk (A bird of the family Accipitridae)
2. falcon (A bird of the genus Falco)

Related terms

• goshauk
• sparhauk

Descendants

• English: hawk
  • Sranan Tongo: aka
• Scots: hawk

References

• “hauk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

Norwegian Bokmål

hauk

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, from Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Replaced older høk, from Danish høg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæʉk/

Noun

hauk m (definite singular hauken, indefinite plural hauker, definite plural haukene)

1. a hawk

   Ser du haukene på himmelen?

   Can you see the hawks in the sky?

Derived terms

• tverrhalehauk

References

• “hauk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• høk (dialectal, Østerdalsmål)

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Akin to English hawk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hœʊːk/

Noun

hauk m (definite singular hauken, indefinite plural haukar, definite plural haukane)

1. a hawk

   Ser du haukane på himmelen?

   Can you see the hawks in the sky?

Derived terms

• tverrhalehauk

References

• “hauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

hauk

1. accusative singular of haukr

Volapük

Noun

hauk (nominative plural hauks)

1. hawk

Declension

declension of hauk

	singular	plural
nominative	hauk	hauks
genitive	hauka	haukas
dative	hauke	haukes
accusative	hauki	haukis
vocative 1	o hauk!	o hauks!
predicative 2	hauku	haukus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only