heten
See also: Heten, héten, and hetén
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: he‧ten
- Rhymes: -eːtən
- Homophones: Heeten, heetten
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hêten, from Old Dutch hētan, originally from the passive voice of Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Verb
heten
- (copulative) To be named; to have as name; to be called.
- Deze kat heet Felix.
- This cat is called Felix.
- Deze kat heet Felix.
- (copulative) to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called.
- Hoe heet dat in het Frans?
- What is that in French?
- Hoe heet dat in het Frans?
- (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
- 1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 7.
- (copulative, dated) to be claimed; to be asserted.
- Het heet dat hij ziek is.
- It's being claimed that he is sick.
- Het heet dat hij ziek is.
- (copulative, dated) to mean; to have as meaning
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 | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | heet | heette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | heet | heette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | heet | heette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | heet | heette | ||
| 3rd person singular | heet | heette | ||
| plural | heten | heetten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hete | heette | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | heten | heetten | ||
| imperative sing. | heet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | heet | |||
| participles | hetend | geheten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Descendants
- Afrikaans: heet
- Negerhollands: hiet
Etymology 2
From heet.
Verb
heten
- (transitive) To heat, make warmer
- (intransitive) To heat up, become warmer
- (figuratively, transitive) To stir, arouse emotions etc.
Inflection
| Inflection of heten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | heten | |||
| past singular | heette | |||
| past participle | geheet | |||
| infinitive | heten | |||
| gerund | heten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | heet | heette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | heet | heette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | heet | heette | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | heet | heette | ||
| 3rd person singular | heet | heette | ||
| plural | heten | heetten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hete | heette | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | heten | heetten | ||
| imperative sing. | heet | |||
| imperative plur.1 | heet | |||
| participles | hetend | geheet | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- verhitten, opwarmen, verwarmen
Derived terms
- heetketel
References
- Taaladvies.net on noemen/heten
Hungarian
| 70 | ||
| ← 6 | 7 | 8 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: hét Nominal: hetes Ordinal: hetedik Day of month: hetedike A.o.: hetedszer, hetedjére Adverbial: hétszer Multiplier: hétszeres Distributive: hetesével Collective: mind a hét Fractional: heted Number of people: heten | ||
Etymology
From the het- stem of hét (“seven”) + -en (adverb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɛtɛn]
- Hyphenation: he‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Adverb
heten (not comparable)
- the seven of us/you/them
Derived terms
- heten vannak, mint a gonoszok (“there are seven of them like the devils/demons”)
See also
- héten (“on [a] week”, the superessive of the noun hét, or rarely that of the numeral hét)
Further reading
- see III. 1. in (1): hét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan.
Verb
hêten
- to proclaim, to declare
- to call (use the voice)
- to call, to name
- to be called, to have as name
- 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
- Dutch: heten
- Afrikaans: heet
- Negerhollands: hiet
- Limburgish: heite
Further reading
- “heten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “heeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page heeten
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English hǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitijan, from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną; equivalent to hete (“heat”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
- hete, hetyn
- (early) heaten
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛːtən/
Verb
heten (third-person singular simple present heteth, present participle hetynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hette, past participle het)
- To heat; to make warm or hot.
- To increase in heat; to become hot.
- To cause a hot sensation or heating.
- To make or become willing or fervent.
- (rare) To light aflame.
Conjugation
Conjugation of heten (weak in -te)
| infinitive | (to) heten, hete | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | hete | hette | |
| 2nd-person singular | hetest | hettest | |
| 3rd-person singular | heteth | hette | |
| subjunctive singular | hete | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | heten, hete | hetten, hette | |
| imperative plural | heteth, hete | — | |
| participles | hetynge, hetende | het, yhet | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: heat
- Scots: heat, haet, het
- ⇒ Scots: het
References
- “hēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old English hǣtan, plural of hǣte, variant of hǣtu; equivalent to hete + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
heten
- (Early Middle English) plural of hete (“heat”)
Verb
heten
- Alternative form of hetien
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
heten m
- definite singular of hete
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
heten m
- definite singular of hete