hetan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

hētan

1. to call, to name
2. to be called/named
3. to command
4. to promise

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hêten
  • Dutch: heten
    • Afrikaans: heet
    • Negerhollands: hiet
  • Limburgish: heite

Further reading

• “hetan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

hētan

1. to call
2. to order

Conjugation

Conjugation of hētan (strong class 7)

infinitive	hētan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	hētu	hêt
2nd person singular	hētis	hêti
3rd person singular	hētid	hêt
plural	hētad	hêtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	hēte	hêti
2nd person singular	hētes	hêtis
3rd person singular	hēte	hêti
plural	hēten	hêtin
imperative	present
singular	hēt
plural	hētad
participle	present	past
	hētandi	gihētan, hētan