hetzen

From Middle High German hetzen, from Old High German hezzen (“to pursue”), from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to hunt down, pursue, persecute, attack”).

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hetzen (third-person singular simple present hetzt, past tense hetzte, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to chase; to pursue

   Die Hunde hetzen die Hasen.

   The hounds chase the hares.

2. (transitive with auf) to sic, to set upon (of dogs etc.)

   Die Jäger hetzen ihre Hunde auf die Hasen.

   The hunters sic their dogs on the hares.

3. (intransitive with gegen) to agitate

   Die Partei hetzt gegen Ausländer.

   The party agitates against foreigners.

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hetzen (third-person singular present hetzt, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to hurry, to rush
2. (animals, with preposition 'op') to set upon, to sic