hæfte
See also: häfte
Danish
Alternative forms
- hefte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛftə/, [ˈhɛfd̥ə]
Etymology 1
- (imprisonment):, from Norwegian hefte.
- (handle, hilt):, from Old Norse hepti.
- (booklet):, from German Heft (“booklet”), from heften (“to fasten”).
Noun
hæfte n (singular definite hæftet, plural indefinite hæfter)
- mitigated imprisonment
- handle
- hilt
- fascicle, installment, part (section of a book issued or published separately)
- booklet, pamphlet
- notebook, exercise book
Inflection
Declension of hæfte
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hæfte | hæftet | hæfter | hæfterne |
genitive | hæftes | hæftets | hæfters | hæfternes |
Synonyms
- (imprisonment): hæftestraf
- (handle): håndtag, skaft
- (hilt): greb, fæste
See also
- hæfte on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Hæftestraf on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hepta.
Verb
hæfte (imperative hæft, infinitive at hæfte, present tense hæfter, past tense hæftede, perfect tense er/har hæftet)
- clip, fasten, fix, pin
- staple
- sew, stitch
- stick
- hæfte for – be liable for (bound or obliged in law or equity)