heften
See also: Heften
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
heften
- plural of heft
German
Etymology
From Middle High German heften, from Old High German heften, from Proto-West Germanic *haftijan, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
heften (weak, third-person singular present heftet, past tense heftete, past participle geheftet, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
Conjugation of heften (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | heften | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | heftend | ||||
| past participle | geheftet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich hefte | wir heften | i | ich hefte | wir heften |
| du heftest | ihr heftet | du heftest | ihr heftet | ||
| er heftet | sie heften | er hefte | sie heften | ||
| preterite | ich heftete | wir hefteten | ii | ich heftete1 | wir hefteten1 |
| du heftetest | ihr heftetet | du heftetest1 | ihr heftetet1 | ||
| er heftete | sie hefteten | er heftete1 | sie hefteten1 | ||
| imperative | heft (du) hefte (du) |
heftet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of heften (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- abheften
- anheften
- beiheften
- einheften
- festheften
- Heft
- Heftpflaster
- sich jemandem an die Fersen heften
- umheften
- zusammenheften
Further reading
- “heften”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “heften” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “heften” in Duden online
- “heften” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From German heften; equivalent to Heft + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæften/, [ˈhæftən]
Verb
heften (third-person singular present heft, past participle geheft, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to staple
Conjugation
| infinitive | heften | |
|---|---|---|
| participle | geheft | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | heften | — |
| 2nd singular | hefts | heft |
| 3rd singular | heft | — |
| 1st plural | heften | — |
| 2nd plural | heft | heft |
| 3rd plural | heften | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *haftijan, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. Equivalent to *haft (“bound, secure”) + -en.
Verb
heften
- to bind together, to secure[1]
- to try to take captive, to persecute
- Gesterkoda sint thia heftidon mi fiunda mini mit unrehte[2]
- My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me
Inflection
Conjugation of heften (weak class 1)
| infinitive | heften | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | hefto, hefton | heftida |
| 2nd person singular | heftis | heftidos |
| 3rd person singular | heftit | heftida |
| 1st person plural | heftun | heftidon |
| 2nd person plural | heftit | heftidot |
| 3rd person plural | heftunt | heftidon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | hefte | heftidi |
| 2nd person singular | heftis | heftidis |
| 3rd person singular | hefte | heftidi |
| 1st person plural | heftin | heftidin |
| 2nd person plural | heftit | heftidit |
| 3rd person plural | heftin | heftidin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | hefti | |
| plural | heftit | |
| participle | present | past |
| heftendi | heftit, giheftit | |
Descendants
References
- ^ “hehten”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
- ^ “āhten, ēhten”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012