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heischen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German heischen, eischen, from Old High German heiscon, eiscon, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (to ask, demand).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haɪ̯ʃən/, /haɪ̯ʃn̩/
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Verb

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heischen (weak, third-person singular present heischt, past tense heischte, past participle geheischt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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!
  2. (transitive, dated, formal) to beg, to implore
    Synonym: bitten

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • heischen” in Duden online
  • heischen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache