Hitze

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hitze, from Old High German hizza, from Proto-Germanic *hitjō (“heat”); see *haitį̄. Cognate with Dutch hitte. Also related with English heat. === Pronunciation === 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 ==== → Kashubian: hëc → Silesian: hica === Further reading === “Hitze” in Duden online “Hitze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache J. C. Adelung (1793–1801), “Hitze”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition