heißen
German (Berlin)
/ˈhaɪ̯sn̩/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to have a name; to be named; to be called;
- (intransitive) to mean; to have a meaning
- (impersonal) to say, to be said; to go, run (like)
- (transitive) to call (someone something)
- (transitive) to order, to direct, to call to do something
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German heizen (call, command) inherited from Old High German heizzan inherited from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (name, command, call, address, be called, be call, summon).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haitaną
Gloss
name, command, call, address, be called, be call, summon
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
名
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behight English
- hest English
- hight English
- hote English
- Verheißung German
- gut German
- gutheißen German
- heizen German
- verheißen German
- heten Dutch, Flemish
- *kei- Proto-Indo-European
- *key(w)- Proto-Indo-European
- *keyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *haitaną Proto-Germanic
- *hehait Proto-Germanic
- hatan Old English
- hātan Old English
- hēht Old English
- hes Middle English
- hight Middle English
- hoten Middle English
- heita Old Norse
- heiti Old Norse
- hedde Danish
- sohaidier Old French
- hêten Middle Dutch
- heizen Old High German
- heizzan Old High German
- eischen Middle High German
- heizen Middle High German
- heeschen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- הייסן Yiddish
- הייצן Yiddish
- *haitan gmw-pro
- hetan Old Dutch
- hētan Old Dutch
- hoazan Cimbrian
- hetan Old Saxon
- *haitan Frankish
- hēta Old Frisian
- hoasn Mòcheno
- hetæ Old Danish
- hasa Vilamovian
- ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ Proto-Norse