heischen
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See also: héischen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German heischen, eischen, from Old High German heiscon, eiscon, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask, demand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]heischen (weak, third-person singular present heischt, past tense heischte, past participle geheischt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, dated, formal) to request, to ask, to bespeak
- Synonyms: verlangen, fordern, (dated) erheischen
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 478:
- Sie erhob sich; indes sie in fesselloser Weise mit den Hüften schaukelte, begann sie ihrerseits heftig zu blitzen, und den wurstförmigen Finger gebieterisch gegen den Boden gestreckt, zischte sie: „Auf die Knie, elender Schklafe!“ Und Diederich tat, was sie heischte!
- She got up; while she was rocking her hips in an unrestrained manner, she began to flash violently, and her sausage-shaped finger stretched imperiously against the floor, she hissed: "On your knees, wretched slave!" And Diederich did what she asked!
- (transitive, dated, formal) to beg, to implore
- Synonym: bitten
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | heischen | ||||
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present participle | heischend | ||||
past participle | geheischt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich heische | wir heischen | i | ich heische | wir heischen |
du heischst du heischt1 |
ihr heischt | du heischest | ihr heischet | ||
er heischt | sie heischen | er heische | sie heischen | ||
preterite | ich heischte | wir heischten | ii | ich heischte2 | wir heischten2 |
du heischtest | ihr heischtet | du heischtest2 | ihr heischtet2 | ||
er heischte | sie heischten | er heischte2 | sie heischten2 | ||
imperative | heisch (du) heische (du) |
heischt (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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