het

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Clipping of heterosexual.

[edit] Noun

het (plural hets)

  1. (slang) Heterosexual.

[edit] Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

  1. (slang) Heterosexual.

[edit] Etymology 2

Strong conjugation of heat

[edit] Verb

het

  1. (dialect) Simple past tense and past participle of heat.

[edit] Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

  1. (dialect) Heated.
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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Old Dutch *it, *hit, neuter form of Proto-Germanic *hiz or *iz.

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[edit] Article

het n.

  1. the (the neuter definite article)
    het boek — the book
    het meisje — the girl

[edit] Usage notes

  • Used in front of neuter nouns in the singular, indicating a specific person or thing instead of the general case.
  • About grammatical gender in Dutch: all infinitives and diminutives are automatically neuter; therefore, meisje, "girl", is neuter. However, sex takes precedence in all the pronouns. Compare het kopje en zijn schotel (the (little) cup and its saucer) with het meisje en haar hoed (the (little) girl and her hat). In many cases the possessive pronoun zijn or haar is avoided when referring to inanimate nouns; instead the pronominal adverb ervan is used: het kopje en de schotel ervan.

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[edit] Pronoun

het

  1. Third-person singular, neuter, subjective: it.
    Het is laat. — It is late.
    Het klopt niet. — It's not right.
    Het waren harde tijden. — They were hard times.
    Het zijn vreemde mensen die zoiets doen. — They're weird people doing such things.
  2. Third-person singular, neuter, objective: it.
    Ik doe het later wel. — I'll do it later on.
    Ik hoop het. — I hope so.
    Ik doe het als jij het wilt. — I'll do it if you want me to.
    Het meisje heeft honger, geef het een boterham. — The girl is hungry, give her a sandwich.
  3. Impersonal pronoun: it
    Het regent alweer. — It's raining again.
    Hoe gaat het? — How are you?
    Wat geeft het? — What does it matter?
    Hoe laat is het? — What time is it?
    Het zij zo. — So be it.
    Ik doe het wat rustig aan. — I'm taking it easy.

[edit] Declension

Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je
2nd person dialectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich
3rd person feminine zij ze haar 'r1, d'r1 haar 'r1, d'r1 hare zich
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je
2nd person dialectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.		 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).


[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: het
  • IPA: [het]

[edit] Pronoun

het

  1. (personal, dialectal) they (only of people).

[edit] Synonyms

  • he (standard Finnish)
  • hyö (dialectal)

[edit] Kven

[edit] Pronoun

het

  1. (personal) they

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[edit] Middle Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Old Dutch hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit.

[edit] Pronoun

het n.

  1. it

[edit] Declension

Middle Dutch personal pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
masc. fem. neut.
nominative ic du hi si het wi ghi si
accusative mi di hem, hen haer ons u hem, hen
dative hem, hen
genitive mijn dijn sijn haer sijn onse uwe haer


[edit] Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Inflected form of hātan.

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[edit] Verb

hēt

  1. third-person singular preterite form of hātan

[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Adjective

het (comparative hetare, superlative hetast)

  1. hot; having a very high temperature
  2. hot; feverish
  3. hot; (of food) spicy
  4. hot; radioactive
  5. hot; (slang) physically very attractive
    Den kvinnan är het!
    That woman is hot!
  6. hot; popular, in demand.

[edit] Declension

Declension of het
Inflections of
het		 Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular		 Common het hetare hetast
Neuter hett
Definite
singular		 Masc. hete hetaste
All heta hetaste
Plural heta hetaste

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[edit] Verb

het

  1. imperative of heta.

[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Etymology

From English head.

[edit] Noun

het

  1. (anatomy) head
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