heißen
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯sən/, [ˈhaɪ̯.sn̩]
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German heizen, from Old High German heizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Cognates
Verb
[edit]heißen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present heißt, past tense hieß, past participle geheißen, auxiliary haben)
- (copulative) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it
- Wie heißt du?
- What is your name?
- Ich heiße ... ― I’m called ...
- Ich werde Lutz genannt, aber ich heiße Ludger.
- They call me Lutz, but my name is Ludger.
- (intransitive or transitive) to mean, to signify; to have a meaning
- Das heißt, dass wir nur noch wenig Zeit haben.
- This means that we have but little time left.
- Was [or: Wie] heißt „Auto“ auf Englisch?
- What is ‘Auto’ in English?
- (impersonal) to say, to be said; to go, run (like)
- Es heißt, dass ... ― It is said that ...; They say that ...
- (transitive, archaic except in fixed expressions) to call (someone something)
- Er hat mich einen Idioten geheißen.
- He called me an idiot.
- Ich heiße Sie herzlich willkommen!
- I welcome you cordially!
- (literally, “I call you cordially welcome!”)
- (transitive, archaic) to order, to direct, to call to do something
- Ich habe ihn hereinkommen heißen.
- I have told him to come inside.
- Sie hieß ihn aufrecht (zu) stehen.
- She ordered him to stand upright.
Usage notes
[edit]- Some speakers use the nonstandard participle gehießen (formed by analogy with verbs such as meiden, scheinen, treiben).
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | heißen | ||||
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present participle | heißend | ||||
past participle | geheißen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich heiße | wir heißen | i | ich heiße | wir heißen |
du heißt | ihr heißt | du heißest | ihr heißet | ||
er heißt | sie heißen | er heiße | sie heißen | ||
preterite | ich hieß | wir hießen | ii | ich hieße1 | wir hießen1 |
du hießest du hießt |
ihr hießt | du hießest1 du hießt1 |
ihr hießet1 ihr hießt1 | ||
er hieß | sie hießen | er hieße1 | sie hießen1 | ||
imperative | heiß (du) heiße (du) |
heißt (ihr) |
1This form and alternative in würde both found.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]heißen
- inflection of heiß:
Further reading
[edit]- “heißen (einen Namen tragen, geben)” in Duden online
- “heißen (hissen, hochziehen)” in Duden online
- “heißen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “heißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “heißen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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