heben

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English

Noun

heben (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) ebony
    • Edmund Spenser, The First Booke of The Faerie Qveene
      Faire Venus sonne, that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue / That glorious fire it kindled in his hart / Lay now thy deadly Heben bow apart / And with thy mother milde come to mine ayde.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German heffen, heven, hevan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyé-, from the root *keh₂p- (to seize). Compare Dutch heffen, English heave, Danish hæve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːbən/, [ˈheːbm̩]
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Verb

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  1. (transitive) to lift; to raise
  2. (transitive) to heave; to hoist
  3. (reflexive) to rise; to lift

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • heben” in Duden online