het
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Audio (US) (file)
Etymology 1
Clipping of heterosexual.
Noun
het (countable and uncountable, plural hets)
- (countable, slang) A heterosexual person.
- (uncountable, fandom slang) Fan fiction based on celebrities or fictional characters involved in an opposite-sex romantic and/or sexual relationship.
- 2005, Rhiannon Bury, Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online, Peter Lang, published 2005, →ISBN, page 207:
- Mary Ellen Curtin presented a paper at the 2002 Popular Culture Association conference in which she studied fanfiction archives to discover that black characters appeared far less in both het and slash fiction than white or even Latino/a characters.
- 2006, Catherine Driscoll, “One True Pairing: The Romance of Pornography and the Pornography of Romance”, in Karen Hellekson; Kristina Busse, editor, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 84:
- The vast majority of fan fiction is het or slash, and these types are usually defined against each other as approaches to romance and porn, marginalizing gen as something outside of the dominant concerns of fan fiction.
- 2010, Rebecca Ward Black, “Just Don't Call Them Cartoons: The New Literacy Spaces of Anime, Manga, and Fanfiction”, in Julie Coiro; Michele Knobel; Colin Lankshear; Donald J. Leu, editor, Handbook of Research on New Literacies, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 595:
- Other studies explore why some women write het, or fictions with heterosexual pairings of certain couples, within canons such as Star Trek Voyager that generally inspire slash fiction (Somogyi, 2002).
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:het.
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Synonyms
- (fan fiction): hetfic
Adjective
het (comparative more het, superlative most het)
- (slang) Heterosexual.
Etymology 2
Strong conjugation of heat
Verb
het
- (dialect) simple past tense and past participle of heat
Adjective
het (comparative more het, superlative most het)
- (dialect) Heated.
Derived terms
- het up
Etymology 3
Clipping of heterozygous.
Noun
het (plural hets)
- heterozygote
- For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.
Adjective
het (not comparable)
- heterozygous
Noun
het (plural hets)
- Alternative form of heth (“Semitic letter”)
Anagrams
- -eth, ETH, Eth, Eth., TEH, eth, eth-, teh, the, the-
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- 't (in informal writing, reflecting the contracted pronunciation)
Etymology
From the Dutch 3rd person singular of hebben, which is heeft in standard Dutch, but het in many dialects. Compare also German hat, English has (from older English hath).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɛt/
- IPA(key): /(ə)t/ (contracted, unstressed)
Audio (file)
Verb
het
- present of hê
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /(ɦ)ət/
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): (unstressed) /(ɦ)ət/, (when stressed) /ɦɛt/
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: het
- Rhymes: -ət, -ɛt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological.
Article
het n
- the (the neuter definite article)
- het boek
- the book
- het meisje
- the girl
- het boek
Derived terms
- aan het
- hetzelfde
See also
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
Nominative | de | de | het | de |
---|---|---|---|---|
Genitive | des | der | des | der |
Dative | den | der | den | den |
Accusative | den | de | het | de |
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch het, hit, from Old Dutch it, hit, from Proto-Germanic *it, *hit.
Pronoun
het n
- it; third-person singular, neuter, subjective
- Het is een mooi huis, maar een beetje klein.
- It is a nice house, but a little small.
- Het is een mooi huis, maar een beetje klein.
- it; third-person singular, neuter, objective
- Kun je het goed zien?
- Can you see it well?
- Ik doe het als jij het wilt.
- I'll do it if you want it. (i.e. "if you want me to")
- Het katje heeft honger, geef het een boterham.
- The kitty is hungry, give it a sandwich.
- Kun je het goed zien?
- it; impersonal
- Het is laat.
- It is late.
- Het regent alweer.
- It's raining again.
- Hoe gaat het?
- How is it going?
- Het is laat.
Usage notes
- This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart er. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.
- In a double-object construction with another pronoun, het is generally the direct object but precedes the other pronoun: Geef het hem terug! (“Give it back to him!”). Compare regional English Give it him back!. This is different from other neuter pronouns, which usually follow the indirect object: Geef hem dat terug! (“Give that back to him!”)
Descendants
- Jersey Dutch: hät, it
See also
subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer, haars |
3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
plural | |||||||||
1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). | 5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
Finnish
Etymology 1
he with standard nominative plural suffix -t.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification(key): het
Pronoun
het
- (personal, dialectal) they (only of people).
Synonyms
- he (standard Finnish)
- hyö, net (dialectal)
Etymology 2
From Hebrew חי״ת (khet).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification(key): het
Noun
het
- heth (eighth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Inflection of het (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | het | hetit | |
genitive | hetin | hetien | |
partitive | hetiä | hetejä | |
illative | hetiin | heteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | het | hetit | |
accusative | nom. | het | hetit |
gen. | hetin | ||
genitive | hetin | hetien | |
partitive | hetiä | hetejä | |
inessive | hetissä | heteissä | |
elative | hetistä | heteistä | |
illative | hetiin | heteihin | |
adessive | hetillä | heteillä | |
ablative | hetiltä | heteiltä | |
allative | hetille | heteille | |
essive | hetinä | heteinä | |
translative | hetiksi | heteiksi | |
instructive | — | hetein | |
abessive | hetittä | heteittä | |
comitative | — | heteineen |
Possessive forms of het (type risti) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | hetini | hetimme |
2nd person | hetisi | hetinne |
3rd person | hetinsä |
Etymology 3
From heti through apocope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification(key): het
Adverb
het (not comparable)
- (dialectal) Alternative form of heti (“immediately”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification(key): het
Noun
het
- nominative plural of he
Kven
Etymology
From Finnish he, from Proto-Finnic *hek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhet/
Pronoun
het
- they
Declension
Declension of het
|
Synonyms
- net
See also
first | second | third anim | third anim or inan | |
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | mie | sie | hän | se |
plural | met | tet | het | net |
References
- Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch hit, it, from Proto-Germanic *hit, *it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /het/
Pronoun
het n
- it
Inflection
singular | plural | |||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
masc. | fem. | neut. | ||||||
nominative | ic | du | hi | si | het | wi | gi | si |
accusative | mi | di | hem, hen | haer | ons | u | hem, hen | |
dative | hem, hen | |||||||
genitive | mijn | dijn | sijn | haer | sijn | onse | uwe | haer |
Alternative forms
- hit
- et, it
Descendants
- Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat)
- Limburgish: hèt
Further reading
- “het”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “het”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
het
- Alternative form of heed
Noun
het
- Alternative form of hete (“hate”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (of adjective) heit (Nynorsk also)
- (of verb) hette
Etymology 1
From Old Norse heitr.
Adjective
het (neuter singular hett, definite singular and plural hete, comparative hetere, indefinite superlative hetest, definite superlative heteste)
- hot (most senses)
Synonyms
- varm
Verb
het
- simple past of hete (Etymology 3)
References
- “het” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
het
- past tense of heita
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heːt/
Verb
hēt
- first/third-person singular preterite of hātan
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hait. Compare Old English hāt, Old Frisian hēt, Old High German heiz, Old Norse heitr.
Adjective
hēt
- hot, fierce
Declension
Strong declension | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | hēt | hēte, hēta | hēt | hēta | hēt | hēt, hēta |
accusative | hētan, hēten | hēta, hēte | hēta | hēta | hēt | hēt, hēta |
genitive | hētes, hētas | hētaro, hētoro, hētero | hētara, hētaro | hētaro, hētoro, hētero | hētes, hētas | hētaro, hētoro, hētero |
dative | hētumu, hētum, hētun, hētun, hēton, hēten, hētan | hētun, hēton, hētum | hētaro, hētaru, hētara | hētun, hēton | hētumu, hētum, hētun, hētun, hēton, hēten, hētan | hētun, hēton, hētum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | hēto, hēta | hēton, hētun | hēta, hēte | hēton, hētun, hētan | hēta, hēte | hēton, hētun |
accusative | hēton, hētan | hēton, hētun | hētun, hēton, hētan | hēton, hētun, hētan | hēta, hēte | hēton, hētun |
genitive | hēten, hētan | hētono, hēteno | hētun, hētan, hēten | hētono | hēten, hētan | hētono, hēteno |
dative | hēton, hēten, hētan | hēton, hētun | hētun, hētan | hēton, hētun | hēton, hēten, hētan | hēton, hētun |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: hēt
- Low German: het, heet, hitt
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heːt/
audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hēter, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.
Adjective
het (comparative hetare, superlative hetast)
- hot; having a very high temperature
- hot; feverish
- hot; (of food) spicy
- hot; radioactive
- (slang) hot; physically very attractive
- Den kvinnan är het!
- That woman is hot!
- hot; popular, in demand.
Declension
Inflection of het | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | het | hetare | hetast |
Neuter singular | hett | hetare | hetast |
Plural | heta | hetare | hetast |
Masculine plural3 | hete | hetare | hetast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | hete | hetare | hetaste |
All | heta | hetare | hetaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Synonyms
- (of high temperature): (mycket) varm
- (feverish): febrig
- (spicy): stark
- (popular): inne
Antonyms
- (of high temperature): iskall, kall, kylig, sval
- (spicy): mild
- (popular): ute
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
het
- imperative of heta.
Anagrams
- the
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English head.
Noun
het
- (anatomy) head
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:
- Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”
- →New International Version translation
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Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English hætt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛt/
Noun
het f (plural hetiau, not mutable)
- hat
Derived terms
- hetiwr (“hatter, milliner”)
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “het”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu.
Noun
het
- heat
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 46