heten

See also: Heten and héten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: he‧ten
  • Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch hētan, originally from the passive voice of Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

heten

  1. (copulative) To be named; to have as name, to be called.
    Deze kat heet Felix.
    This cat is called Felix.
  2. (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
Usage notes

In a lot of dialects and colloquially the verb noemen (“call, give a name”) is used instead of heten. This is generally considered incorrect[1] and is not usually tolerated in written Dutch.

Inflection
Inflection of heten (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive heten
past singular heette
past participle geheten
infinitive heten
gerund heten n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular heetheette
2nd person sing. (jij) heetheette
2nd person sing. (u) heetheette
2nd person sing. (gij) heetheette
3rd person singular heetheette
plural hetenheetten
subjunctive sing.1 heteheette
subjunctive plur.1 hetenheetten
imperative sing. heet
imperative plur.1 heet
participles hetendgeheten
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From heet.

Verb

heten

  1. (transitive) To heat, make warmer
  2. (intransitive) To heat up, become warmer
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To stir, arouse emotions etc.
Inflection
  • See above.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • heetketel

References

Hungarian

Etymology

hét +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛtɛn]
  • Hyphenation: he‧ten

Adverb

heten (not comparable)

  1. the seven of us/you/them

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

hêten

  1. to proclaim, to declare
  2. to call (use the voice)
  3. to call, to name
  4. to be called, to have as name
  5. to command, to order

Inflection

Strong class 7
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)

Descendants

Further reading

  • “heten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “heeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

heten m

  1. definite singular of hete

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heten m

  1. definite singular of hete
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