hetzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hetzen, from Old High German hezzen (“to pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to hunt down, pursue, persecute, attack”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === hetzen (weak, third-person singular present hetzt, past tense hetzte, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to chase; to pursue (transitive) to sic, to set upon [with accusative ‘animals, usually dogs’ and auf (+ accusative) ‘on someone/something’] (intransitive) to agitate [with gegen] (intransitive, colloquial, also used in the reflexive) to be in a hurry, to hustle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Hetze ?Hessen ==== Related terms ==== Hatz ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: hecnout, hecovat === Further reading === “hetzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “hetzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “hetzen” in Duden online “hetzen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Luxembourgish == === Verb === hetzen (third-person singular present hetzt, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary verb hunn) to hurry, to rush (transitive) to sic, to set upon [with accusative ‘animals, usually dogs’ and op (+ accusative) ‘on someone/something’] ==== Conjugation ====