Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Hacken/Haken

English translation:

hooks / window hooks

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Jun 7, 2007 18:58
16 yrs ago
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German term

Hacken/Haken

German to English Tech/Engineering Architecture windows
An 18th-century inventory description of a building in Holstein contains the following: "Die fünf von außen angenagelten und eine Rahmen Fenster mit Anwurff und ••Hacken•• sind in passablen Stande." and "In dieser Kammer ist ein altes Rahmen Fenster ohne Anwurf und ••Hacken••.
I think this is an old spelling of Haken.
I understand Anwurf as plaster and I have asked about Rahmenfenster in a separate query. Since I also don't know exactly what kind of window this is, it is hard for me to choose the right term for Haken. A colleague suggested it might be a hook, but I can't picture this window. Bucksch equates Haken with Rinnenziegel and Nonnenziegel (mission tile), but it doesn't seem to be in a window context. Is anywone familiar with this term? I have checked the 1902 Muret-Sanders and the online Grimm's Wörterbuch, but I'm still wandering in the dark. Thanks for your help.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 Hooks
3 +2 window hook
Change log

Jun 12, 2007 14:52: Marlou Franken Created KOG entry

Jun 12, 2007 14:58: Marlou Franken changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/619776">Marlou Franken's</a> old entry - "Hacken/Haken"" to ""Hooks or Window hooks""

Jun 13, 2007 07:52: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/619776">Marlou Franken's</a> old entry - "Hacken/Haken"" to ""Hooks or Window hooks""

Discussion

Nicole Schnell Jun 7, 2007:
Hi Ann, this Bauhistorische Lexikon might be helpful (PDF file), simply search for "Haken" (= Fensterbeschlag): http://www.anderweit.de/I_anderweit/I_4_Programm/3931824292....

Proposed translations

+3
10 mins
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Hooks

Hooks to close the window with.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nicole Schnell
29 mins
Dankjewel Nicole
agree Jonathan MacKerron : window hook
32 mins
Thanks Jonoathan
agree Kim Metzger : Window hook that fits into the Anwurf (clasp).
4 hrs
Thanks Kim
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+2
36 mins

window hook

is what they call them in Denmark, and I'm assuming that a house in Holstein would have something similar
Peer comment(s):

agree Nicole Schnell
3 mins
agree Rebecca Garber
18 hrs
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