hekte

== English == === Alternative forms === hecte === Noun === hekte (plural hektai) an ancient coin from Asia Minor, struck in silver or electrum and valued at one sixth of a stater == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === hekta === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²hɛk.tə/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German hechte, of the verb hechten. The idiomatic sense is a semantic loan from Danish archaic hægter (“money, riches”). See more at Etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== hekte f (definite singular hekta, indefinite plural hekter, definite plural hektene) a small hook used to secure with an eyelet or similar, in order fasten clothing the hook and eyelet together; a hook and eye (in the plural, idiomatic, in fixed expressions) a state of health and wealth; (one's) senses kome til hektene (att) ― to recover (financially, medically, etc.) kome ut av hektene ― to decline (financially, medically, etc.) roof battens Synonym: taklekte used in the fixed expression på hekta (“barely”) ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hektekrok hektepar === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German hechten, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. Doublet of hefte. Semantic loan from English hook (“to make addicted”). ==== Verb ==== hekte (present tense hektar, past tense hekta, past participle hekta, passive infinitive hektast, present participle hektande, imperative hekte/hekt) to hook to attach, bind to catch, arrest, incarcerate Synonyms: fakke, arrestere to hook, make addicted === References === “hekte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “hekta”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “hekte”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “hekte” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring