heischen
See also: héischen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German heischen, eischen, from Old High German heiscon, eiscon, from Proto-Germanic *aiskōną (“to ask, demand”). Cognate with English ask.
Pronunciation
Verb
- (transitive, dated, formal) to request, to ask, to bespeak
- Synonyms: verlangen, fordern, (dated) erheischen
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 478:
- Sie erhob sich; indes sie in fesselloser Weise mit den Hüften schaukelte, begann sie ihrerseits heftig zu blitzen, und den wurstförmigen Finger gebieterisch gegen den Boden gestreckt, zischte sie: „Auf die Knie, elender Schklafe!“ Und Diederich tat, was sie heischte!
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- (transitive, dated, formal) to beg, to implore
- Synonym: bitten
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “heischen” in Duden online
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