heten
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/
- Hyphenation: he‧ten
- Rhymes: -eːtən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hêten, from Old Dutch hētan, originally from the passive voice of Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Verb
heten
- (copulative) To be named; to have as name; to be called.
- Deze kat heet Felix.
- This cat is called Felix.
- Deze kat heet Felix.
- (copulative) to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called.
- Hoe heet dat in het Frans?
- What is that in French?
- Hoe heet dat in het Frans?
- (transitive, dated) To name, to call (to provide with a name, to define a name as).
- 1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 7.
- Haar naam heet ik Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.
- I call her name Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.
- Synonym: noemen
- 1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 7.
- (copulative, dated) to be claimed; to be asserted.
- Het heet dat hij ziek is.
- It's being claimed that he is sick.
- Het heet dat hij ziek is.
- (copulative, dated) to mean; to have as meaning
Usage notes
Inflection
Inflection of heten (weak with strong past participle) | ||||
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infinitive | heten | |||
past singular | heette | |||
past participle | geheten | |||
infinitive | heten | |||
gerund | heten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | heet | heette | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | heet | heette | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | heet | heette | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | heet | heette | ||
3rd person singular | heet | heette | ||
plural | heten | heetten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | hete | heette | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | heten | heetten | ||
imperative sing. | heet | |||
imperative plur.1 | heet | |||
participles | hetend | geheten | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 2
From heet.
Verb
heten
Inflection
- See above.
Derived terms
- heetketel
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɛtɛn]
- Hyphenation: he‧ten
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Verb
hêten
Inflection
Strong class 7 | ||
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Infinitive | hêten | |
3rd sg. past | hiet | |
3rd pl. past | hieten | |
Past participle | gehêten | |
Infinitive | hêten | |
In genitive | hêtens | |
In dative | hêtene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | hête | hiet |
2nd singular | hêets, hêtes | hiets, hietes |
3rd singular | hêet, hêtet | hiet |
1st plural | hêten | hieten |
2nd plural | hêet, hêtet | hiet, hietet |
3rd plural | hêten | hieten |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | hête | hiete |
2nd singular | hêets, hêtes | hietes |
3rd singular | hête | hiete |
1st plural | hêten | hieten |
2nd plural | hêet, hêtet | hietet |
3rd plural | hêten | hieten |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | hêet, hête | |
Plural | hêet, hêtet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | hêtende | gehêten |
Alternative forms
- heiten (Limburgish)
Further reading
- “heten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “heeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
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