Swedish noun

en hake

hook

Meaning

hook

In Swedish: krok

Forms

Forms of hake
Singular, indefinite	en hake
Singular, definite	haken
Plural, indefinite	hakar
Plural, definite	hakarna

hake is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hake, den stora haken. Check another noun

Practise hake

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Is it en hake or ett hake?

hake in a sentence

det finns en hake i ditt förslag
there's a drawback to your suggestion
Jag visste att det fanns en hake
I knew there was a catch
Vad är haken?
What's the catch?

Questions

What does hake mean in English?

hake means “hook”.

Is it en hake or ett hake?

It is en hake, and “the hook” is haken.

What is the plural of hake?

The plural of hake is hakar, and the definite plural is hakarna.

Similar words

krok

Origin

From Old Swedish haki, from Old Norse haki, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

Nearby common words

hake is number 6,628 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,624avslå decline, reject
6,625sanda grit
6,626påk thick stick
6,627collier a choker
6,629knuff nudge, push
6,630däcka to (quickly) fall asleep (especially due to alcohol consumption), to (figuratively) pass out, to deck (knock down, sometimes figuratively)
6,631nedåt downwards
6,632lömsk wily

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