het

See also hét, and нет

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of heterosexual.

Noun

het (plural hets)

1. (slang) Heterosexual.

Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

1. (slang) Heterosexual.

Etymology 2

Strong conjugation of heat

Verb

het

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

Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

1. (dialect) Heated.

Derived terms

• het up

Anagrams

• ETH, Eth, eth, TEH, teh, the

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Afrikaans

Verb

het

1. Present form of hê

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ət, -ɛt
• (Belgium) IPA: /ət/, /ɦət/

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• (Netherlands) IPA: /ət/ (usually), IPA: /ɦɛt/ (when stressed)

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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 spelling beginning with h, which is in fact unetymological.

Article

het n

1. the (the neuter definite article)

   het boek

   the book

   het meisje

   the girl

Derived terms

• aan het
• hetzelfde

See also

Dutch definite article
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	de	de	het	de
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	den	de	den	den
Accusative	den	de	het	de

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch het, hit, from Old Dutch it, hit, from Proto-Germanic *it, *hit.

Pronoun

het n

1. it; third-person singular, neuter, subjective

   Het is een mooi huis, maar een beetje klein.

   It is a nice house, but a little small.

2. it; third-person singular, neuter, objective

   Kun je het goed zien?

   Can you see it well?

   Ik doe het als jij het wilt.

   I'll do it if you want it. (i.e. "if you want me to")

   Het meisje heeft honger, geef het een boterham.

   The girl is hungry, give her a sandwich.

3. it; impersonal

   Het is laat.

   It is late.

   Het regent alweer.

   It's raining again.

   Hoe gaat het?

   How is it going?

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.

See also

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).

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: het
• IPA: [het]

Pronoun

het

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

Synonyms

• he (standard Finnish)
• hyö (dialectal)

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Kven

Pronoun

het

1. (personal) they

Synonyms

• net

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• hit
• et, it

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /het/

Pronoun

het n

1. it

Declension

Middle Dutch personal pronouns

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

Descendants

• Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat)

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Old English

Etymology

Inflected form of hātan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /heːt/

Verb

hēt

1. first-person singular preterite form of hātan
2. third-person singular preterite form of hātan

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitaz. Compare Old English hāt, Old Frisian hēt, Old High German heiz, Old Norse heitr.

Adjective

hēt

1. hot, fierce

Declension

Declension of hēt

Strong declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	hēt	hēte	hēt	hēte	hēt	hētu
accusative	hētan	hēte	hēt	hēte	hēta	hētu
genitive	hētes	hētarō	hētes	hētarō	hētaro	hētarō
dative	hētumu	hētum	hētumu	hētum	hētaro	hētum
Weak declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	hēto	hētu	hēta	hētu	hēta	hētu
accusative	hētun	hētun	hēta	hētun	hētun	hētun
genitive	hētun	hētonō	hētun	hētonō	hētun	hētonō
dative	hētun	hētum	hētun	hētum	hētun	hētum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: hēt
  • Low German: het, heet, hitt

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Pronunciation

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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.

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

Synonyms

• (of high temperature): (mycket) varm
• (feverish): febrig
• (spicy): stark
• (popular): inne

Antonyms

• (of high temperature): iskall, kall, kylig, sval
• (spicy): mild
• (popular): ute

Verb

het

1. imperative of heta.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English head.

Noun

het

1. (anatomy) head
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:15 (translation here):

     Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

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