heten

See also: Heten, héten, and hetén

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: he‧ten
• Rhymes: -eːtən
• Homophones: Heeten, heetten

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêten, from Old Dutch hētan, originally from the passive voice of Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

heten

1. (copulative) To be named; to have as name; to be called.

   Deze kat heet Felix.

   This cat is called Felix.

2. (copulative) to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called.

   Hoe heet dat in het Frans?

   What is that in French?

3. (transitive, dated) To name, to call (to provide with a name, to define a name as).
   • 1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 7.

     Haar naam heet ik Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.

     I call her name Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.

   Synonym: noemen

4. (copulative, dated) to be claimed; to be asserted.

   Het heet dat hij ziek is.

   It's being claimed that he is sick.

5. (copulative, dated) to mean; to have as meaning

Usage notes

• In a lot of dialects and colloquially the verb noemen (“call, give a name”) is used instead of heten. This is generally considered incorrect and is not usually tolerated in written Dutch.

Inflection

Conjugation of heten (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive	heten
past singular	heette
past participle	geheten
infinitive	heten
gerund	heten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (jij)	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (u)	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (gij)	heet	heette
3rd person singular	heet	heette
plural	heten	heetten
subjunctive sing.1	hete	heette
subjunctive plur.1	heten	heetten
imperative sing.	heet
imperative plur.1	heet
participles	hetend	geheten
1) Archaic.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: heet
• Negerhollands: hiet

Etymology 2

From heet.

Verb

heten

1. (transitive) To heat, make warmer
2. (intransitive) To heat up, become warmer
3. (figuratively, transitive) To stir, arouse emotions etc.

Inflection

Conjugation of heten (weak)
infinitive	heten
past singular	heette
past participle	geheet
infinitive	heten
gerund	heten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (jij)	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (u)	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (gij)	heet	heette
3rd person singular	heet	heette
plural	heten	heetten
subjunctive sing.1	hete	heette
subjunctive plur.1	heten	heetten
imperative sing.	heet
imperative plur.1	heet
participles	hetend	geheet
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

• verhitten, opwarmen, verwarmen

Derived terms

• heetketel

Hungarian

Hungarian numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: hét     Nominal: hetes     Ordinal: hetedik     Day of month: hetedike     A.o.: hetedszer, hetedjére     Adverbial: hétszer     Multiplier: hétszeres     Distributive: hetesével     Collective: mind a hét     Fractional: heted     Number of people: heten

Etymology

From the het- stem of hét (“seven”) +‎ -en (adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛtɛn]
• Hyphenation: he‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

heten (not comparable)

1. the seven of us/you/them

Derived terms

• heten vannak, mint a gonoszok (“there are seven of them like the devils/demons”)

See also

• héten (“on [a] week”, the superessive of the noun hét, or rarely that of the numeral hét)

Further reading

• see III. 1. in (1): hét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan.

Verb

hêten

1. to proclaim, to declare
2. to call (use the voice)
3. to call, to name
4. to be called, to have as name
5. to command, to order

Inflection

Strong class 7
Infinitive	hêten
3rd sg. past	hiet
3rd pl. past	hieten
Past participle	gehêten
Infinitive	hêten
In genitive	hêtens
In dative	hêtene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	hête	hiet
2nd singular	hêets, hêtes	hiets, hietes
3rd singular	hêet, hêtet	hiet
1st plural	hêten	hieten
2nd plural	hêet, hêtet	hiet, hietet
3rd plural	hêten	hieten
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	hête	hiete
2nd singular	hêets, hêtes	hietes
3rd singular	hête	hiete
1st plural	hêten	hieten
2nd plural	hêet, hêtet	hietet
3rd plural	hêten	hieten
Imperative	Present
Singular	hêet, hête
Plural	hêet, hêtet
	Present	Past
Participle	hêtende	gehêten

Alternative forms

• heiten (Limburgish)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “heten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “heeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page heeten

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English hǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitijan, from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną; equivalent to hete (“heat”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• hete, hetyn
• heaten (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːtən/

Verb

heten (third-person singular simple present heteth, present participle hetynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hette, past participle het)

1. To heat; to make warm or hot.
2. To increase in heat; to become hot.
3. To cause a hot sensation or heating.
4. To make or become willing or fervent.
5. (rare) To light aflame.

Conjugation

Conjugation of heten (weak in -te)

infinitive	(to) heten, hete
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hete	hette
2nd-person singular	hetest	hettest
3rd-person singular	heteth	hette
subjunctive singular	hete
imperative singular		—
plural1	heten, hete	hetten, hette
imperative plural	heteth, hete	—
participles	hetynge, hetende	het, yhet

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: heat
• Scots: heat, haet, het
  • ⇒ Scots: het

References

• “hēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English hǣtan, plural of hǣte, variant of hǣtu; equivalent to hete +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

heten

1. (Early Middle English) plural of hete (“heat”)

Etymology 3

Verb

heten

1. Alternative form of hetien

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

heten m

1. definite singular of hete

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heten m

1. definite singular of hete