heißen

== German == === Alternative forms === heissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) haißen, hayßen, heyßen (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯sən/, [ˈhaɪ̯.sn̩] IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯sɛn/, [ˈhaɛ̯-], [-sn̩] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: hei‧ßen === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German heiȥen, from Old High German heiȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. ==== Verb ==== heißen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present heißt, past tense hieß, past participle geheißen, auxiliary haben) (copulative) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it Wie heißt du? ― What is your name? Ich heiße ... ― I’m called ... (intransitive or transitive) to mean, to signify; to have a meaning Synonym: bedeuten (impersonal) to say, to be said; to go, run (like) Es heißt, dass ... ― It is said that ...; They say that ... (transitive, archaic except in fixed expressions) to call (someone something) Synonym: nennen Er hat mich einen Idioten geheißen. ― He called me an idiot. Ich heiße Sie herzlich willkommen! ― I welcome you cordially! (literally, “I call you cordially welcome!”) (transitive, archaic) to order, to direct, to call to do something Synonyms: anweisen, auffordern, aufrufen, befehlen, sagen Ich habe ihn hereinkommen heißen. ― I have told him to come inside. Sie hieß ihn aufrecht (zu) stehen. ― She ordered him to stand upright. ===== Usage notes ===== Some speakers use the nonstandard participle gehießen (formed by analogy with verbs such as meiden, scheinen, treiben). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== heißen inflection of heiß: strong genitive masculine/neuter singular weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular strong dative plural weak/mixed all-case plural === Further reading === “heißen (einen Namen tragen, geben)” in Duden online “heißen (hissen, hochziehen)” in Duden online “heißen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “heißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “heißen” in OpenThesaurus.de