heit

See also: Heit and -heit

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German heute.

Adverb

heit

1. (Erzgebirgisch) today

Related terms

• Heitzetooch

Further reading

2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu. Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯t/

Adverb

heit

1. today

   Heit is die Familje kumplett.

   Today the family is complete.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heiːt/
• Rhymes: -eiːt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heit, from Proto-Germanic *gahaitą.

Noun

heit n (genitive singular heits, nominative plural heit)

1. promise, vow

   Synonym: loforð

Declension

Declension of heit (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heit	heitið	heit	heitin
accusative	heit	heitið	heit	heitin
dative	heiti	heitinu	heitum	heitunum
genitive	heits	heitsins	heita	heitanna

Derived terms

• strengja heit

Related terms

• heita (“to be called; to promise”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

heit

1. inflection of heitur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

heit

1. imperative of heita

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner”).

Noun

heit m

1. Manner

Declension

Declension of heit (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	heit	heiti
accusative	heit	heiti
genitive	heites	heito
dative	heite	heitim, heiten
instrumental	heitu	—

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gahaitą, *haitą. Cognate with Old English ġehāt and bēot (from earlier bihāt), Old High German giheiz, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (gahait).

Noun

heit n

1. promise, vow

Declension

Declension of heit (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heit	heitit	heit	heitin
accusative	heit	heitit	heit	heitin
dative	heiti	heitinu	heitum	heitunum
genitive	heits	heitsins	heita	heitanna

Derived terms

• strengja heit

Related terms

• heita

Descendants

• Icelandic: heit
• Faroese: heit

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu (“today”). Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Adverb

heit

1. today

West Frisian

Etymology

A former term of endearment which has widely displaced faar, just as mem (“mother”) has displaced moer. Cognate with North Frisian aatj (“father”), most likely from Proto-Germanic *attô, whence also Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta). The h- would appear to be prothetic; compare the variant deite, which is further comparable to East Frisian Low German Tatte, English dad, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /hai̯t/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /hɛi̯t/

Noun

heit c (plural heiten, diminutive heitsje)

1. father, dad

   Synonym: (in compounds) faar

   Coordinate term: mem

Further reading

• “heit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011