hæfte

See also: häfte

Danish

Alternative forms

• hefte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛftə/, [ˈhɛfd̥ə]

Etymology 1

• (imprisonment):, from Norwegian hefte.
• (handle, hilt):, from Old Norse hepti.
• (booklet):, from German Heft (“booklet”), from heften (“to fasten”).

Noun

hæfte n (singular definite hæftet, plural indefinite hæfter)

1. mitigated imprisonment
2. handle
3. hilt
4. fascicle, installment, part (section of a book issued or published separately)
5. booklet, pamphlet
6. notebook, exercise book

Inflection

Declension of hæfte

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hæfte	hæftet	hæfter	hæfterne
genitive	hæftes	hæftets	hæfters	hæfternes

Synonyms

• (imprisonment): hæftestraf
• (handle): håndtag, skaft
• (hilt): greb, fæste

See also

• hæfte on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Hæftestraf on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hepta.

Verb

hæfte (imperative hæft, infinitive at hæfte, present tense hæfter, past tense hæftede, perfect tense er/har hæftet)

1. clip, fasten, fix, pin
2. staple
3. sew, stitch
4. stick
5. hæfte for – be liable for (bound or obliged in law or equity)