Heft
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛft/
- (Germany)
(file) - (Austria)
IPA(key): /das‿ˈhɛft/(file)
Etymology 1
18th-century backformation from heften (“to fasten”), from *haftijaną (“to bind, secure”).
Alternative forms
- H. (abbreviation, chiefly in context)
Noun
Heft n (strong, genitive Heftes or Hefts, plural Hefte, diminutive Heftchen n)
- notebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written)
- notepad, writing pad (pad of paper on which one jots down notes)
- exercise book (booklet for students, containing problems and exercises, or blank pages for writing answers)
- number, issue (single edition of a periodical publication)
- magazine (non-academic periodical publication)
- comic (magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Heft | die | Hefte |
| genitive | eines | des | Heftes, Hefts | der | Hefte |
| dative | einem | dem | Heft, Hefte1 | den | Heften |
| accusative | ein | das | Heft | die | Hefte |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Hyponyms
- Aufsatzheft (“composition book”)
- Rechenheft
- Schulheft (“exercise book, composition book used in school”)
- Schreibheft
Etymology 2
From Middle High German hefte, from Old High German hefti, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją (“handle, grip”). Cognate with Dutch heft, English haft.
Noun
Heft n (strong, genitive Heftes or Hefts, plural Hefte)
- (literary, historical, specialist or regional, widely obsolete) haft; handle (of a weapon or certain tools)
Usage notes
- In large parts of Germany, this word is unknown even to well educated native speakers. Even the common expression das Heft in der Hand haben/halten (“to be in charge”, literally “to hold the haft in one's hand”) is interpreted as a derivative of etymology 1.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Heft | die | Hefte |
| genitive | eines | des | Heftes, Hefts | der | Hefte |
| dative | einem | dem | Heft, Hefte1 | den | Heften |
| accusative | ein | das | Heft | die | Hefte |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Further reading
- “Heft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Heft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Heft (Schaft, Griff)” in Duden online
- “Heft (Schrift, Broschur)” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heft/
Noun
Heft n (plural Hefte or Hefter, diminutive Heftche)
- notebook
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [hæft]
Noun
Heft ? (plural Hefter)
- notebook
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German hefte, from Old High German hefti, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją (“handle, grip”). Compare German Heft, Dutch heft, English haft.
Noun
Heft n
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Plautdietsch
Etymology
From German Heft.
Noun
Heft n (plural Hefta)
- notebook