hetan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan.

Verb

hētan

1. to call, to name
2. to be called/named
3. to command
4. to promise

Inflection

Conjugation of hētan (strong class 7)

infinitive	hētan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	hēto, hēton	hiet
2nd person singular	hētis, hētist	hieti, hietis
3rd person singular	hētit	hiet
1st person plural	hēton	hietun
2nd person plural	hētet	hietut
3rd person plural	hētont	hietun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	hēte	hieti
2nd person singular	hētes, hētest	hieti, hietis
3rd person singular	hēte	hieti
1st person plural	hēten	hietin
2nd person plural	hētet	hietit
3rd person plural	hēten	hietin
imperative	present
singular	hēt
plural	hētet
participle	present	past
	hētandi	hētan, gihētan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hêten
  • Dutch: heten
    • Afrikaans: heet
    • Negerhollands: hiet
  • Limburgish: heite

Further reading

• “hetan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan.

Verb

hētan

1. to call
2. to order

Conjugation

Conjugation of hētan (strong class 7)

infinitive	hētan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	hētu	hêt
2nd person singular	hētis	hêti
3rd person singular	hētid	hêt
plural	hētad	hêtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	hēte	hêti
2nd person singular	hētes	hêtis
3rd person singular	hēte	hêti
plural	hēten	hêtin
imperative	present
singular	hēt
plural	hētad
participle	present	past
	hētandi	gihētan, hētan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: hêten, hêiten
  • German Low German: heiten, heten

Tetum

Verb

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