hitte

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną, cognate with Norwegian hitte, Swedish hitta, English hit (probably from Old Norse).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hitə/, [ˈhid̥ə]

Verb

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hitte (past tense hittede, past participle hittet)

  1. to find
  2. to think of, make up
  3. to be a hit, have a hit

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch hitte, from Old Dutch *hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hitjō; see *haitį̄. Cognate with German Hitze. Now commonly interpreted as heet (hot) +‎ -te (ness). Also related with English heat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɪtə/
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  • Hyphenation: hit‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɪtə

Noun

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hitte f (uncountable)

  1. heat (extreme warmth)
    Ze konden niet langer werken door de hitte.
    They couldn't work any longer because of the heat.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: hitte
  • Negerhollands: hitte, hit, heet

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From hisz +‎ -tte.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhitːɛ]
  • Hyphenation: hit‧te

Verb

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hitte

  1. third-person singular indicative past definite of hisz
    Ki hitte volna?Who'd have thought it?

Middle English

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Pronoun

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hitte

  1. Alternative form of hit (it)

Determiner

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hitte

  1. Alternative form of hit (it)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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hitte (present tense hittar, past tense hitta, past participle hitta, passive infinitive hittast, present participle hittande, imperative hitte/hitt)

  1. alternative form of hitta

Adjective

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hitte

  1. neuter singular of hitten