No. 5,699 in Swedish

haka

Chin.

In a sentence

Han har en liten haka.
He has a small chin.
In this sentence, 'haka' refers to 'chin', a physical part of the human body.
Hon hänger alltid med på nya idéer och hakar på.
She always follows along with new ideas and tags along.
Here, 'haka' is part of the expression 'haka på', meaning 'to follow or tag along'.
Du får inte haka upp dig på små detaljer.
You shouldn't get hung up on small details.
In this instance, 'haka' appears in 'haka upp dig', an idiomatic phrase meaning 'to get hung up or stuck on something'.

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