heit

See also: Heit and -heit

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• heid (spelling)
• heint

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu, a contraction of earlier *hiu tagu, from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (“on this day”, from *hiz + *dagaz). Cognate with German heute, Old English hēodæġ (“today”) and Dutch heden (“today”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhai̯d̥/, [ˈhae̯d̥]

Adverb

heit

1. today

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from West Frisian heit.

Noun

heit m (plural heiten, diminutive heitje n)

1. (informal) dad, father

   Coordinate term: mem

   Mijn heit houdt maar niet op over zijn Friese afkomst. ― My dad won't stop going on about his Frisian heritage.

Usage notes

• Mostly encountered as code-switching by West Frisian speakers speaking Dutch, or by Dutch speakers of Frisian descent (who do not otherwise speak West Frisian).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

heit

1. inflection of heien:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu. Compare German heute.

Adverb

heit

1. (Erzgebirgisch) today

Related terms

• Heitzetooch

Further reading

Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu. Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯t/

Adverb

heit

1. today

   Heit is die Familje kumplett.

   Today the family is complete.

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “heit”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈheiːt]
• Rhymes: -eiːt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heit, from Proto-Germanic *gahaitą.

Noun

heit n (genitive singular heits, nominative plural heit)

1. promise, vow

   Synonym: loforð

Declension

Declension of heit (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heit	heitið	heit	heitin
accusative	heit	heitið	heit	heitin
dative	heiti	heitinu	heitum	heitunum
genitive	heits	heitsins	heita	heitanna

Derived terms

• strengja heit

Related terms

• heita (“to be called; to promise”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

heit

1. inflection of heitur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

heit

1. imperative of heita

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haudu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner”).

Noun

heit m

1. manner

Declension

Declension of heit (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	heit	heiti
accusative	heit	heiti
genitive	heites	heito
dative	heite	heitim, heiten
instrumental	heitu	—

References

• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gahaitą, *haitą. Cognate with Old English ġehāt and bēot (from earlier bihāt), Old High German giheiz, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (gahait).

Noun

heit n

1. promise, vow

Declension

Declension of heit (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heit	heitit	heit	heitin
accusative	heit	heitit	heit	heitin
dative	heiti	heitinu	heitum	heitunum
genitive	heits	heitsins	heita	heitanna

Derived terms

• strengja heit

Related terms

• heita

Descendants

• Icelandic: heit
• Faroese: heit

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu (“today”). Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Adverb

heit

1. today

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian atta.

A former term of endearment which has widely displaced faar, just as mem (“mother”) has displaced moer. Cognate with North Frisian aatj (“father”), also related to Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta). The h- would appear to be prothetic; compare the variant deite, which is further comparable to East Frisian Low German Tatte, English dad, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /hai̯t/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /hɛi̯t/

Noun

heit c (plural heiten, diminutive heitsje)

1. father, dad

   Synonym: (in compounds) faar

   Coordinate term: mem

Descendants

• → Dutch: heit

Further reading

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