heggen

Dutch

Noun

heggen

1. plural of heg

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hegge, eggen, hedgyn, heigge, hege

Etymology

From hegg +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdʒən/

Verb

heggen

1. To create a hedge or boundary; to grow shrubs into a hedge:
   1. (rare) To delineate a route with hedges.
   2. (rare) To utilise walls to support something.
2. To hedge; to place hedges or barriers along a boundary.

Conjugation

Conjugation of heggen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) heggen, hegge
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hegge	hegged
2nd-person singular	heggest	heggedest
3rd-person singular	heggeth	hegged
subjunctive singular	hegge
imperative singular		—
plural1	heggen, hegge	heggeden, heggede
imperative plural	heggeth, hegge	—
participles	heggynge, heggende	hegged, yhegged

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: hedge

References

• “heǧǧen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heggen m

1. singular definite of hegg