Hitze

See also: hitze

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hitze, from Old High German hizza, from Proto-Germanic *hitjō (“heat”); see *haitį̄. Cognate with Dutch hitte. Also related with English heat.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Hit‧ze
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪtsə/

Noun

Hitze f (genitive Hitze, plural (rare) Hitzen)

  1. heat

Usage notes

  • The plural is rare, and only found in technical contexts.

Declension

Declension of Hitze [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hitze die Hitzen1
genitive einer der Hitze der Hitzen1
dative einer der Hitze den Hitzen1
accusative eine die Hitze die Hitzen1

1Rare.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: hëc
  • → Silesian: hica

Further reading

  • “Hitze” in Duden online
  • “Hitze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “Hitze”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition
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