Hitze

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hitze, from Old High German hizza, from Proto-West Germanic *hittjā, from Proto-Germanic *hitjǭ (“heat”). Cognate with Dutch hitte. Also related with English heat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪt͡sə/ Hyphenation: Hit‧ze IPA(key): /ˈhɪtsə/ === Noun === Hitze f (genitive Hitze, plural (rare) Hitzen) heat ==== Usage notes ==== The plural is rare, and only found in technical contexts. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== erhitzen hitzen hitzig überhitzen Gluthitze (“searing heat”) ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: hic m → Kashubian: hëc → Silesian: hica === Further reading === “Hitze” in Duden online “Hitze”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) J. C. Adelung (1793–1801), “Hitze”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition === Anagrams === heizt, zeiht, zieht