hetzen

See also: Hetzen and hëtzen

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to agitate
    Die rechtspopulistische Partei hetzt gegen Ausländer.
    The right-wing populist party agitates against foreigners.
  2. (transitive with auf) to sic, to set upon (of dogs etc.)
    Die Jäger hetzten ihre Hunde auf die Enten.
    The hunters sic their dogs on the ducks.

Conjugation

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Verb

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

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive hetzen
participle gehetzt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular hetzen —
2nd singular hetz hetz
3rd singular hetzt —
1st plural hetzen —
2nd plural hetzt hetzt
3rd plural hetzen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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