heten

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈɦeː.tə(n)/

verb
Definitions
  • (copulative) To be named; to have as name; to be called.
  • (copulative) to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called.
  • (transitive) To name, to call to provide with a name, to define a name as.
  • (copulative) to be claimed; to be asserted.
  • (copulative) to mean; to have as meaning

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch hêten inherited from Old Dutch hētan derived 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

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