1 a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: “a fish-hook.”
vishaak

2 a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: “Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door”
haak

3 in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: “a left hook.”
hoek

1 to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: “He hooked a large salmon.”
vangen

2 to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: “He hooked the ladder on (to the branch)”
vasthaken, aanhaken, aan elkaar haken

3 in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).
misslag in golfspel

hooked (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

1 curved like a hook: “a hooked nose.”
hoekig

2 (withon) slang for very interested in, or showing a great liking for; addicted to: “He's hooked on modern art”
hangen aan, verslaafd zijn aan iets of iemand

by hook or by crook

by some means or another; in any way possible: “I'll get her to marry me, by hook or by crook.”
verslaafd aan iets of iemand

off the hook

free from some difficulty or problem: “If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it †“ I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.”
uit de problemen, uit de puree (helpen)
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to hook	vasthaken (ww.)
the hook	de weerhaak (m) ; de vishaak (m) ; het schuilhoekje ; ophanghaak (znw.) ; de hoekstoot (m) ; het hoekje ; de hoek (m) ; de haak (m) ; de angel (m)
hook	spang ; vishaak ; agrafe ; slot ; schraapijzer ; krom ; haken ; haakvormig ; haakje ; haak ; grijper ; dreg ; contacthaak

Bronnen: Vlietstra; interglot; Wakefield genealogy pages; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.




EN: barb

EN: by hook or by crook NL: eerlijk of oneerlijk, hoe dan ook
EN: drop off the hooks NL: er tussen uit knijpen (sterven)
EN: on one's own hook NL: op z'n eigen houtje
EN: keep a person on the hook NL: iemand aan het lijntje houden
EN: sling, take one's hook NL: 'm smeren
EN: hook it NL: 'm smeren
EN: hook in, up NL: vasthaken, aan de haak slaan
EN: hook on NL: aanhaken, in elkaar haken