heit

See also: Heit and -heit

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɪ̯t/

Adverb

heit

  1. today

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /heiːt/
  • Rhymes: -eiːt

Noun

heit n (genitive singular heits, nominative plural heit)

  1. promise, vow

Declension
declension of heit
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heit heitið heit heitin
accusative heit heitið heit heitin
dative heiti heitinu heitum heitunum
genitive heits heitsins heita heitanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • heita (“to be called; to promise”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

heit

  1. imperative of heita and heite

Old High German

Noun

heit m

  1. Manner

Declension
Declension of heit (masculine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative heit heiti
accusative heit heiti
genitive heites heito
dative heite heiten
instrumental heitu —

References
  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Adverb

heit

  1. today

West Frisian

Pronunciation
  • (Clay) IPA(key): /hai̯t/
  • (Wood) IPA(key): /hɛi̯t/

Noun

heit c (plural heiten, diminutive heitsje)

  1. father, dad
    Synonym: faar
    Coordinate term: mem

Further reading
  • “heit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective

heit

  1. hot
  2. eager

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

hêit (present tense hêit, passive heites)

  1. be called or named; have a name
  2. invoke
  3. swear, promise
  4. (impersonal, passive) be thought to be

Etymology 3

From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”).

Noun

hêit n

  1. a name

Synonyms
  • næmn n
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