hetan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan.

Verb

hētan

  1. to call, to name
  2. to be called/named
  3. to command
  4. to promise

Inflection
Conjugation of hētan (strong class 7)
infinitive hētan
indicative present past
1st person singular hētu hiet
2nd person singular hētis, hētist hieti
3rd person singular hētit hiet
1st person plural hēton hietun
2nd person plural hētet hietut
3rd person plural hētunt hietun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular hēte hieti
2nd person singular hētes, hētest hietis, hietist
3rd person singular hēte hieti
1st person plural hēten hietin
2nd person plural hētet hietit
3rd person plural hētent hietint
imperative present
singular hēt
plural hētet
participle present past
hētandi gehēton

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: hêten
    • Dutch: heten
      • Afrikaans: heet
      • Negerhollands: hiet
    • Limburgish: heite

Further reading
  • “hetan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan.

Verb

hētan

  1. to call
  2. to order

Conjugation
Conjugation of hētan (strong class 7)
infinitive hētan
indicative present past
1st person singular hētu hêt
2nd person singular hētis hêti
3rd person singular hētid hêt
plural hētad hêtun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular hēte hêti
2nd person singular hētes hêtis
3rd person singular hēte hêti
plural hēten hêtin
imperative present
singular hēt
plural hētad
participle present past
hētandi gihētan, hētan

Descendants

Tetum

Verb

hetan

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