høker

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hȫker (“peddler”), also borrowed to Norwegian høker, Swedish hökare, German Höker, Dutch heuker (dialect) and English hawker. Middle Low German also has the noun hōke (“peddler”) and the verb hōken (“to peddle”). The origin is uncertain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /høːˀkər/, [ˈhøˀɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

høker c (singular definite høkeren, plural indefinite høkere)

  1. (historical) peddler (itinerant merchant)

Declension
Declension of høker
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative høker høkeren høkere høkerne
genitive høkers høkerens høkeres høkernes

Derived terms

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz.

Noun

hø̄ker m

  1. hawk

Declension
  Declension of høker (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hø̄ker hø̄krin hø̄kar hø̄kanir, hø̄kaner
accusative hø̄k hø̄kin hø̄ka hø̄kana
dative hø̄ki, hø̄ke hø̄kinum, hø̄kenom hø̄kum, hø̄kom hø̄kumin, hø̄komen
genitive hø̄ks hø̄ksins hø̄ka hø̄kanna

Descendants
  • Swedish: hök
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