heeschen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From a merger of Middle High German heizen (“to call, to command”), from Old High German heizzan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną, and Middle High German eischen (“to demand, to call for”), from Old High German eiscōn, from Proto-Germanic *aiskōną. The same merger (or a near-merger) also occurred in other High German dialects, which explains the h- in German heischen (alternatively already in Middle High German). The sense “to be called a name” was originally passive and reflexive of Middle High German heizen.
Cognate with German heißen and heischen, Dutch heten and eisen, West Frisian hjitte and easkje, English hight and ask, Icelandic heita.
Pronunciation
Verb
heeschen (third-person singular present heescht, past participle geheescht, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to be called (a name)
- (intransitive) to mean, to signify
- (transitive or intransitive) to beg (for)
Conjugation
Regular | ||
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infinitive | heeschen | |
participle | geheescht | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | heeschen | — |
2nd singular | heeschs | heesch |
3rd singular | heescht | — |
1st plural | heeschen | — |
2nd plural | heescht | heescht |
3rd plural | heeschen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Categories:
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/eːʃən
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish intransitive verbs
- Luxembourgish transitive verbs