heffe

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

heffe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of heffen

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian heva, hebba, heffa, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛfə/

Verb

heffe

1. to lift, to raise

   Synonym: heve

2. to levy

Inflection

Weak class 1
infinitive	heffe
3rd singular past	hefte
past participle	heft
infinitive	heffe
long infinitive	heffen
gerund	heffen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	hef	hefte
2nd singular	hefst	heftest
clitic form	hefsto	heftesto
3rd singular	heft	hefte
plural	heffe	heften
imperative	hef
participles	heffend	heft

Derived terms

• hefbeam

Further reading

• “heffe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011