Haack

English

Etymology

From German and Dutch.

Proper noun

Haack

1. A surname from German or Dutch.

Derived terms

• Sears-Haack body

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haack”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.

German

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Haack

Wikipedia

Etymology

Surname of Dutch and north/Low German origin, including:

• The noun haak (“hook”)
• From the noun hoke, hoker (“peddler, hawker”), for which see huckster
• From an old Germanic name Hake, Hage, shortened from several names derived from the element *haggju (“hedge, enclosure”), see Haag.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Haack m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Haacks or (with an article) Haack, feminine genitive Haack, plural Haacks)

1. a surname