hetta

See also: hətta

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛʰtːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛʰtːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hetta, from Proto-Germanic *hattijǭ.

Noun

hetta f (genitive singular hettu, plural hettur)

1. cap
2. The black nape and crown (lit., “cap”) on the head of the terna (“Arctic tern / arctic tern”).
3. foreskin

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hetta	hettan	hettur	hetturnar
accusative	hettu	hettuna	hettur	hetturnar
dative	hettu	hettuni	hettum	hettunum
genitive	hettu	hettunnar	hetta	hettanna

Derived terms

• dvørgahetta
• ferðingarhetta
• skrúðhetta
• smæðhetta
• stavnhetta
• trøllhetta
• váshetta

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hetta n sg

1. (demonstrative) this, nominative and accusative singular neuter form of hesin

Declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hesin	henda / hendan	hetta / hettar
accusative	henda / hendan	hesa
dative	hesum	hesari / hesi	hesum
genitive	-	-	-
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hesir	hesar	hesi
accusative	hesar
dative	hesum
genitive	hesa

Derived terms

• lat meg fáa hetta - please give me this (when pointing at something that you don't know the word for)

See also

• hatta n (that)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hetta, from Proto-Germanic *hattijǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛhta/

  Rhymes: -ɛhta

Noun

hetta f (genitive singular hettu, nominative plural hettur)

1. cap, hood

Declension

Declension of hetta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hetta	hettan	hettur	hetturnar
accusative	hettu	hettuna	hettur	hetturnar
dative	hettu	hettunni	hettum	hettunum
genitive	hettu	hettunnar	hetta	hettanna

Derived terms

• hettumáfur / hettumávur
• hettupeysa
• munkahetta

Japanese

Romanization

hetta

1. Rōmaji transcription of へった

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hetten m sg

Noun

hetta f sg

1. definite feminine singular of hette

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hetta f sg

1. definite feminine singular of hette

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈxɛt.ta/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): /ˈxɛt.ta/
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛt.ta]

Interjection

hetta

1. (Near Masovian, Przemyśl) used to direct horses to move forward; giddyup

   Synonym: (dialectal) wio

   Coordinate terms: ahet, ahojt, ksobie, odsiebie, odsię, tprrruu

2. (Lasovia) used to direct horses or oxen to the right

Further reading

• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “hetta”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372
• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “hetta”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239
• Oskar Kolberg (1865) “hetta”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 266

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Homophone: hätta

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hita, from Old Norse hiti. It could also be derived from the oblique cases of Old Swedish hiti (from Old Norse hiti) .

Noun

hetta c

1. heat

Declension

Declension of hetta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hetta	hettas
	definite	hettan	hettans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Etymology 2

Partly from Old Swedish hita, partly from Old Swedish hēta, from Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną.

Verb

hetta (present hettar, preterite hettade, supine hettat, imperative hetta)

1. to heat

Conjugation

Conjugation of hetta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	hetta		—
supine	hettat		—
imperative	hetta		—
imper. plural1	hetten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	hettar	hettade	—	—
ind. plural1	hetta	hettade	—	—
subjunctive2	hette	hettade	—	—
present participle		hettande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• upphetta

Anagrams

• hatet, hetat