Hook

hook hòòk English <dab!> Etymology As an English surname, from the noun en hook. As a en sv - surname, from sv hök hawk. As a en nl - surname, Americanized from en Hoek; compare en Vanhook. Proper noun ~ s en. A number of places in the United Kingdom: en hamlet par/Wimblington dist/Fenland co/Cambridgeshire OS grid ref TF4293. OS: Cambridgeshire en hamlet par/Chardstock dist/East Devon co/Devon cc/England OS grid ref ST3005. OS: Devon en village/and/cpar near town/Goole co/East Riding of Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE7625. Parish map (East Riding) en suburb in the lbor/Kingston upon Thames co/Greater London cc/England OS grid ref TQ1865. en large village/and/civil parish in dist/Hart co/Hampshire cc/England OS grid ref SU7254. Parish map (Hampshire) en hamlet bor/Fareham co/Hampshire cc/England OS grid ref SU5005. en hamlet par/Timsbury uauth/Bath and North East Somerset co/Somerset OS grid ref ST6758. OS: Somerset en village par/Lydiard Tregoze near town/Wootton Bassett co/Wiltshire cc/England OS grid ref SU0784. en village/and/wcomm in co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SM9711. Community map (Pembrokeshire) en rural locality area/South Canterbury r/Canterbury c/New Zealand, on the Hook River. NZ Topo Map Translations surname Greek: el Γάντζος Persian: fa هوک huk Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Hook is the 2680th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13437 individuals. Hook is most common among White (90.12%) individuals. Noun en Hoek member of Dutch faction See also en Hook Norton References Anagrams en hkoo Khoo OHKO German Etymology From de gml hôk corner, angle, from de osx hōk, from de gmw-pro *hōk, from de gem-pro *hōkaz. Compare the sense “small cluster of houses” in cognate nl hoek. Pronunciation de /hoːk/ Noun m,(e)s,^e de regional Westphalia chiefly in toponyms a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five Usage notes The land shared by a Hook is typically called de Esch. Declension m,(e)s,^e Low German Etymology From nds gml hôk, from nds osx hōk, from nds gmw-pro *hōk, from nds gem-pro *hōkaz. More at en hook. Noun m Hoken nds GLG corner angle tip of land; headland; point; foreland