hitsen

Dutch

Etymology

Intensive form of obsolete hissen (“chase away”). This is originally a hunter's term and is probably of exclamatory origin, probably influenced by hitsig (“fiery, heated”), hitte (“heat”). Compare Middle High German hitzen (modern German hissen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɪtsə(n)/
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Verb

hitsen

  1. (transitive, archaic) to chase away, to scare off

Conjugation

Conjugation of hitsen (weak)
infinitive hitsen
past singular hitste
past participle gehitst
infinitive hitsen
gerund hitsen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hits hitste
2nd person sing. (jij) hitst, hits2 hitste
2nd person sing. (u) hitst hitste
2nd person sing. (gij) hitst hitste
3rd person singular hitst hitste
plural hitsen hitsten
subjunctive sing.1 hitse hitste
subjunctive plur.1 hitsen hitsten
imperative sing. hits
imperative plur.1 hitst
participles hitsend gehitst
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

hitsen

  1. definite plural of hit
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