Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en häck

hedge, hurdle, backside, bum/hɛk/

Meaning

hedge; hurdle; backside; bum

In Swedish: tät rad av buskar (som stängsel)

Forms

Forms of häck
Singular, indefinite	en häck
Singular, definite	häcken
Plural, indefinite	häckar
Plural, definite	häckarna

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

Practise häck

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Is it en häck or ett häck?

häck in a sentence

Maj-Lis stötte häcken i bänken
Maj-Lis plumped her bum down on the bench
klippa häcken
trim the hedge
400 meter häck
400 meters hurdles

Words built with häck

granhäck spruce hedge
häcksax hedge shears
häcklöpning hurdles, hurdle race

Questions

What does häck mean in English?

häck means “hedge, hurdle”.

Is it en häck or ett häck?

It is en häck, and “the hedge” is häcken.

What is the plural of häck?

The plural of häck is häckar, and the definite plural is häckarna.

Similar words

rumpa

Origin

Borrowed from German Hecke.

Nearby common words

häck is number 3,263 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,259front front
3,260borgen security, guarantee
3,261trötta tire [out]
3,262gloria halo
3,264mängd number, quantity
3,265barndom childhood
3,266jadå emphatic of ja
3,267protest protest

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary