heten

See also: Heten and héten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/
• Hyphenation: he‧ten
• Rhymes: -eːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêten, from Old Dutch hētan, originally from the passive voice of Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

heten

1. (copulative) To be named; to have as name; to be called.

   Deze kat heet Felix.

   This cat is called Felix.

2. (copulative) to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called.

   Hoe heet dat in het Frans?

   What is that in French?

3. (transitive, dated) To name, to call (to provide with a name, to define a name as).
   • 1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 7.

     Haar naam heet ik Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.

     I call her name Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.

   Synonym: noemen

4. (copulative, dated) to be claimed; to be asserted.

   Het heet dat hij ziek is.

   It's being claimed that he is sick.

5. (copulative, dated) to mean; to have as meaning

Usage notes

• In a lot of dialects and colloquially the verb noemen (“call, give a name”) is used instead of heten. This is generally considered incorrect and is not usually tolerated in written Dutch.

Inflection

Conjugation of heten (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive	heten
past singular	heette
past participle	geheten
infinitive	heten
gerund	heten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (jij)	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (u)	heet	heette
2nd person sing. (gij)	heet	heette
3rd person singular	heet	heette
plural	heten	heetten
subjunctive sing.1	hete	heette
subjunctive plur.1	heten	heetten
imperative sing.	heet
imperative plur.1	heet
participles	hetend	geheten
1) Archaic.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: heet

Etymology 2

From heet.

Verb

heten

1. (transitive) To heat, make warmer
2. (intransitive) To heat up, become warmer
3. (figuratively, transitive) To stir, arouse emotions etc.

Inflection

• See above.

Synonyms

• verhitten, opwarmen, verwarmen

Derived terms

• heetketel

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Hungarian

Etymology

hét +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛtɛn]
• Hyphenation: he‧ten

Adverb

heten (not comparable)

1. the seven of us/you/them

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

hêten

1. to proclaim, to declare
2. to call (use the voice)
3. to call, to name
4. to be called, to have as name
5. to command, to order

Inflection

Strong class 7
Infinitive	hêten
3rd sg. past	hiet
3rd pl. past	hieten
Past participle	hêt
Infinitive	hêten
In genitive	hêtens
In dative	hêtene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	hête	hiet
2nd singular	hêets, hêtes	hiets, hietes
3rd singular	hêet, hêtet	hiet
1st plural	hêten	hieten
2nd plural	hêet, hêtet	hiet, hietet
3rd plural	hêten	hieten
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	hête	hiete
2nd singular	hêets, hêtes	hietes
3rd singular	hête	hiete
1st plural	hêten	hieten
2nd plural	hêet, hêtet	hietet
3rd plural	hêten	hieten
Imperative	Present
Singular	hêet, hête
Plural	hêet, hêtet
	Present	Past
Participle	hêtende	hêt

Alternative forms

• heiten (Limburgish)

Descendants

• Dutch: heten
• Limburgish: heite

Further reading

• “heten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “heeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page heeten

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Middle English

Verb

heten

1. Alternative form of hetien

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

heten m

1. definite singular of hete

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heten m

1. definite singular of hete