heien
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch heien, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps related to Latin caedo (“I cut”), where the syncope of -d- would have taken place very early.[1] If so, related to Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to hit, make contact with”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]heien
- (transitive, intransitive) to drive (a pile, plank or wall) into the ground
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of heien (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | heien | |||
past singular | heide | |||
past participle | geheid | |||
infinitive | heien | |||
gerund | heien n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | hei | heide | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | heit, hei2 | heide | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | heit | heide | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | heit | heide | ||
3rd person singular | heit | heide | ||
plural | heien | heiden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | heie | heide | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | heien | heiden | ||
imperative sing. | hei | |||
imperative plur.1 | heit | |||
participles | heiend | geheid | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “heien1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hei, heiȝe, heiȝen, hegen, heghe, heghen, heȝe, heȝen, heȝi, hehen, hechen, hehȝi, highen, hiȝe, hiȝen, hihen, hie, hien, hæien, hæhȝen, hey, hyghen, hyʒe, hye
Etymology
[edit]A conflation of Old English ġehēgan (“to perform, conduct”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hauwjan) and hēan (“to raise up, exalt”) (from *hauhijan). Also influenced by heigh (“high”).
Verb
[edit]heien (third-person singular simple present heieth, present participle heiende, heiynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heied)
- to raise, lift up
- (reflexive) to climb
- to go up, rise
- to honor, respect
- to promote, make powerful, rich
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “heien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]heien m or f
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