hechten

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hechten, from Old Dutch heften, from Proto-West Germanic *haftijan, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɛx.tə(n)/ Hyphenation: hech‧ten Rhymes: -ɛxtən === Verb === hechten (transitive) to attach, to bind (transitive) to suture, to stitch ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: hèftu, heftá == German == === Etymology === Back-formation from Hechtsprung (“swan dive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛçtən/, [ˈhɛçtn̩] Hyphenation: hech‧ten Rhymes: -ɛçtn̩ === Verb === hechten (weak, third-person singular present hechtet, past tense hechtete, past participle gehechtet, auxiliary haben) to swan-dive (figurative) to leap headlong (figurative) to hurry, to properate, to headlong ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “hechten” in Duden online “hechten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “hechten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch heften, from Proto-West Germanic *haftijan. === Verb === hechten to attach, to bind to incarcerate ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== heften heiften ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: hechten Limburgish: hèchte === Further reading === “hechten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hechten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN