heit

See also: Heit and -heit

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from West Frisian heit.

Noun

heit m (plural heiten, diminutive heitje n)

  1. (informal) dad, father
    Coordinate term: mem
    Mijn heit houdt maar niet op over zijn Friese afkomst. ― My dad won't stop going on about his Frisian heritage.
Usage notes
  • Mostly encountered as code-switching by West Frisian speakers speaking Dutch, or by Dutch speakers of Frisian descent (who do not otherwise speak West Frisian).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

heit

  1. inflection of heien:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German heute.

Adverb

heit

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) today
  • Heitzetooch

Further reading

2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu. Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɪ̯t/

Adverb

heit

  1. today
    Heit is die Familje kumplett.
    Today the family is complete.

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heiːt/
  • Rhymes: -eiːt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heit, from Proto-Germanic *gahaitą.

Noun

heit n (genitive singular heits, nominative plural heit)

  1. promise, vow
    Synonym: loforð
Declension
Declension of heit (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heit heitið heit heitin
accusative heit heitið heit heitin
dative heiti heitinu heitum heitunum
genitive heits heitsins heita heitanna
Derived terms
  • heita (“to be called; to promise”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

heit

  1. inflection of heitur:
    1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
    2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
    3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

heit

  1. imperative of heita

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner”).

Noun

heit m

  1. manner

Declension

Declension of heit (masculine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative heit heiti
accusative heit heiti
genitive heites heito
dative heite heitim, heiten
instrumental heitu —

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gahaitą, *haitą. Cognate with Old English ġehāt and bēot (from earlier bihāt), Old High German giheiz, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (gahait).

Noun

heit n

  1. promise, vow

Declension

Declension of heit (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heit heitit heit heitin
accusative heit heitit heit heitin
dative heiti heitinu heitum heitunum
genitive heits heitsins heita heitanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: heit
  • Faroese: heit

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu (“today”). Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Adverb

heit

  1. today

West Frisian

Etymology

A former term of endearment which has widely displaced faar, just as mem (“mother”) has displaced moer. Cognate with North Frisian aatj (“father”), most likely from Proto-Germanic *attô, whence also Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta). The h- would appear to be prothetic; compare the variant deite, which is further comparable to East Frisian Low German Tatte, English dad, etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Clay) IPA(key): /hai̯t/
  • (Wood) IPA(key): /hɛi̯t/

Noun

heit c (plural heiten, diminutive heitsje)

  1. father, dad
    Synonym: (in compounds) faar
    Coordinate term: mem

Descendants

Further reading

  • “heit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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