Haken

See also: haken

English

Etymology

For Wolfgang Haken, who studied these manifolds.

Adjective

Haken (not comparable)

1. (topology, of a 3-manifold) Irreducible, compact, and containing a non-∂-parallel incompressible surface (besides a sphere or disk).

Anagrams

• Hanke, kaneh, khaen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hāke, from Old High German hāggo, hācko, hāko, from Proto-West Germanic *hākō, from Proto-Germanic *hēkô, from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg; hook”). Cognate with Old English hǣca (“hook, bolt”).

One of the rare words with a long vowel followed by an original geminate, which was later simplified. Cognate with Dutch haak. Further related with Dutch hoek, English hook, Danish hage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːkŋ̩/, /ˈhaːkən/

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• Homophone: haken

Noun

Haken m (strong, genitive Hakens, plural Haken, diminutive Häkchen n)

1. hook
2. catch, hitch (a concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation)
3. checkmark

   Synonym: Häkchen

Declension

Declension of Haken [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Haken	die	Haken
genitive	eines	des	Hakens	der	Haken
dative	einem	dem	Haken	den	Haken
accusative	einen	den	Haken	die	Haken

Derived terms

• abhaken
• Abschlepphaken
• Angelhaken
• Bilderhaken
• Einreißhaken
• Enterhaken
• Fanghaken
• Feuerhaken
• Fleischerhaken
• Hakenkreuz
• Heißhaken
• Hungerhaken
• Karabinerhaken
• Kleiderhaken
• Kranhaken
• Schraubhaken
• Schürhaken
• Sturmhaken
• Widerhaken
• Winkelhaken
• X-Haken

 

Further reading

• “Haken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Haken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Haken” in Duden online
• “Haken” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Haken on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Haken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.