hetzen
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to chase; to pursue
- to sic, to set upon of dogs etc.
- (intransitive) to agitate
- (intransitive) to be in a hurry, to hustle
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hetzen (drive, rush, hunt) inherited from Old High German hezzen (pursue, hunt) inherited from *hattjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (attack, persecute, hunt down, pursue, hate, hunt, rush).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hatjaną
Gloss
attack, persecute, hunt down, pursue, hate, hunt, rush
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
攻, 伐, 撃, 討
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aufhetzer German
- Hetzer German
- Verhetzung German
- aufhetzen German
- verhetzen German
- *keh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱeh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- *hatjaną Proto-Germanic
- hettan Old English
- hisen Middle Dutch
- Hesso Old High German
- hezzen Old High German
- hetzen Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *hattjan gmw-pro
- *hīsen Middle Low German
- *hattjan Frankish