het

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Etymology 1 === Clipping of heterosexual. ==== Noun ==== het (countable and uncountable, plural hets) (countable, slang) A heterosexual person. (uncountable, fandom slang) Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship. Synonym: hetfic For more quotations using this term, see Citations:het. ==== Adjective ==== het (comparative more het, superlative most het) (slang) Heterosexual. ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to read”); see heat (“to make hot”). ==== Verb ==== het (now dialectal) simple past and past participle of heat ==== Adjective ==== het (comparative more het, superlative most het) (now dialectal) Heated. ===== Derived terms ===== het up === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== het (uncountable) (especially West Country) dialectal form of heat (“hotness”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== het (third-person singular simple present hets, present participle hetting, simple past and past participle hetted or het) (especially West Country) dialectal form of heat (“to make hot”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== het (plural hets) Clipping of heterozygous. ==== Adjective ==== het (not comparable) Clipping of heterozygous. === Etymology 6 === ==== Noun ==== het (plural hets) Alternative form of heth (Semitic letter). === See also === het Bildt (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === the, eth-, Eth., TEH, teh, ETH, Eth, EHT, eth, the-, Teh, -eth == Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === 't (in informal writing, reflecting the contracted pronunciation) === Etymology === From the Dutch 3rd person singular of hebben, which is heeft in standard Dutch, but het in many dialects. Compare also German hat, English has (from older English hath). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɛt/ IPA(key): /(ə)t/ (contracted, unstressed) === Verb === het present of hê == Dutch == === Pronunciation === (Belgium) IPA(key): /(ɦ)ət/ (Netherlands) IPA(key): (unstressed) /(ɦ)ət/, (when stressed) /ɦɛt/ Hyphenation: het Rhymes: -ət, -ɛt === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological. ==== Article ==== het n neuter singular of de (“the”), the definite article het boek ― the book het meisje ― the girl ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch het, hit, from Old Dutch it, hit, from Proto-Germanic *it, *hit. ==== Pronoun ==== het n it; third-person singular neuter subjective personal pronoun it; third-person singular neuter objective personal pronoun Ik doe het als jij het wilt. I'll do it if you want it. (i.e. "if you want me to") it; impersonal pronoun ===== Usage notes ===== This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart er. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs. In a double-object construction with another pronoun, het is generally the direct object but precedes the other pronoun: Geef het hem terug! (“Give it back to him!”). Compare regional English Give it him back!. This is different from other neuter pronouns, which usually follow the indirect object: Geef hem dat terug! (“Give that back to him!”) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Jersey Dutch: hät, it == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === he with standard nominative plural suffix -t. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪] Rhymes: -et Syllabification(key): het Hyphenation(key): het ==== Pronoun ==== het (personal, dialectal, Lapland, Westrobothnia) they (plural; only of people) ===== Synonyms ===== he (standard Finnish) hyö, net (dialectal) === Etymology 2 === From heti through apocope. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪] Rhymes: -et Syllabification(key): het Hyphenation(key): het ==== Adverb ==== het (not comparable) (dialectal) alternative form of heti (“immediately”) === Etymology 3 === From Biblical Hebrew חי״ת (khet). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪] Rhymes: -et Syllabification(key): het Hyphenation(key): het ==== Noun ==== het heth (eighth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪] Rhymes: -et Syllabification(key): het Hyphenation(key): het ==== Noun ==== het nominative plural of he (“a letter in some Semitic alphabets”) == Kven == === Etymology === From Finnish he, from Proto-Finnic *hek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhet/ === Pronoun === het they ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== net ==== See also ==== === References === Eira Söderholm (2017), Kvensk grammatikk‎[1], Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276 == Meänkieli == === Etymology === Inherited from Finnish he. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /het/ === Pronoun === het (singular hään) they (third-person plural personal pronoun) Synonym: net ==== Inflection ==== === See also === == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch hit, it, from Proto-Germanic *hit, *it. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /het/ === Pronoun === het n it ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== hit et, it ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat) Limburgish: hèt === Further reading === “het”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “het”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== het alternative form of heed === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== het alternative form of hete (“hate”) == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === hiitje (Mooring) jit (Sylt) === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *haitaną. === Verb === het (Föhr-Amrum) to have as one’s name, to be called ==== Conjugation ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse heitr. ==== Adjective ==== het (neuter singular hett, definite singular and plural hete, comparative hetere, indefinite superlative hetest, definite superlative heteste) hot Alternative form: heit Synonym: varm === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== het simple past of hete (“to be called”) Alternative form: hette === References === “het” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === het past of heita == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz. === Adjective === het hot ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: hêetDutch: heet, heit (dialectal)Afrikaans: heitBerbice Creole Dutch: heteJersey Dutch: heîtNegerhollands: heetLimburgish: heit === References === “hēt (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heːt/ === Verb === hēt first/third-person singular preterite of hātan == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hait. Compare Old English hāt, Old Frisian hēt, Old High German heiz, Old Norse heitr. === Adjective === hēt hot, fierce ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: hêt German Low German: heet Low German: heet, heit, hitt Plautdietsch: heet == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Greater Poland): (Southern Greater Poland) IPA(key): [ˈxɛt] (Lesser Poland): (Masovian Borderland) IPA(key): [ˈxɛt] (Lasovia) IPA(key): [ˈxɛt] (Przemyśl) IPA(key): [ˈhɛt] === Particle === het (Southern Greater Poland) alternative form of ot (Przemyśl) alternative form of ot (“still”) I tak het siedziała Kasia w domu. ― And so Kasia was still sitting at home. (Lasovia) alternative form of ot (“go away!”) (Masovian Borderland) alternative form of ot (“far away”) === Further reading === Oskar Kolberg (1877), “het”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30 Oskar Kolberg (1865), “het”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262 Małgorzata Kapusta (2017), “het”, in Mowa mieszkańców pogranicza Mazowsza (na przykładzie gminy Głowaczów w powiecie kozienickim) (in Polish), Warsaw: Elipsa, →ISBN, page 78 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heːt/ Rhymes: -eːt === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish hēter, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz. ==== Adjective ==== het (comparative hetare, superlative hetast) hot; having a very high temperature hot; feverish hot; (of food) spicy hot; radioactive (slang) hot; physically very attractive hot; popular, in demand. ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (of high temperature): (mycket) varm (feverish): febrig (spicy): stark (popular): inne ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “of high temperature”): iskall, kall, kylig, sval (antonym(s) of “spicy”): mild (antonym(s) of “popular”): ute === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== het imperative of heta === Anagrams === the == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English head. === Noun === het (anatomy) head == Turkmen == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian حَدّ (hadd), from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd). === Noun === het (definite accusative hetdi, plural hetler) limit, border, boundary, end courage, boldness, audacity, daring ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “het” in Enedilim.com “het” in Webonary.org == Welsh == === Alternative forms === hat, hed === Etymology === Borrowed from Old English hætt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛt/ === Noun === het f (plural hetiau, not mutable) hat ==== Derived terms ==== hetiwr (“hatter, milliner”) === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “hat”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “het”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “het”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English hette, from Old English hǣtu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛt/ === Noun === het heat === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46