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het

See also: hét, hèt, hết, -het, and нет

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɛt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

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Clipping of heterosexual.

Noun

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het (countable and uncountable, plural hets)

  1. (countable, slang) A heterosexual person.
    • 2020, “metal”, in food house, performed by food house:
      See how you like that you townie het from southeastern MA / Saying "fairy" and "Mark Wahlberg" like it's southie any day
  2. (uncountable, fandom slang) Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship.
    Synonym: hetfic
    • 2005, Rhiannon Bury, Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online, Peter Lang, published 2005, →ISBN, page 207:
      Mary Ellen Curtin presented a paper at the 2002 Popular Culture Association conference in which she studied fanfiction archives to discover that black characters appeared far less in both het and slash fiction than white or even Latino/a characters.
    • 2006, Catherine Driscoll, “One True Pairing: The Romance of Pornography and the Pornography of Romance”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 84:
      The vast majority of fan fiction is het or slash, and these types are usually defined against each other as approaches to romance and porn, marginalizing gen as something outside of the dominant concerns of fan fiction.
    • 2010, Rebecca Ward Black, “Just Don't Call Them Cartoons: The New Literacy Spaces of Anime, Manga, and Fanfiction”, in Julie Coiro, Michele Knobel, Colin Lankshear, Donald J. Leu, editors, Handbook of Research on New Literacies, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 595:
      Other studies explore why some women write het, or fictions with heterosexual pairings of certain couples, within canons such as Star Trek Voyager that generally inspire slash fiction (Somogyi, 2002).
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:het.

Adjective

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het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

  1. (slang) Heterosexual.

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Strong conjugation of heat.

Verb

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het

  1. (dialect) simple past and past participle of heat

Adjective

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het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

  1. (dialect) Heated.
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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het (plural hets)

  1. Clipping of heterozygous.
    For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.

Adjective

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het (not comparable)

  1. Clipping of heterozygous.

Etymology 4

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Noun

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het (plural hets)

  1. Alternative form of heth (“Semitic letter”)

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

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  • 't (in informal writing, reflecting the contracted pronunciation)

Etymology

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From the Dutch 3rd person singular of hebben, which is heeft in standard Dutch, but het in many dialects. Compare also German hat, English has (from older English hath).

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Verb

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het

  1. present of hê

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological.

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het n

  1. the (the neuter definite article)
    het boek
    the book
    het meisje
    the girl
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Dutch definite article
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative de de het de
genitive1 des der des der
dative1 den der den den
accusative1 den de het de
1) Archaic


Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch het, hit, from Old Dutch it, hit, from Proto-Germanic *it, *hit.

Pronoun

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het n

  1. it; third-person singular, neuter, subjective
    Het is een mooi huis, maar een beetje klein.
    It is a nice house, but a little small.
  2. it; third-person singular, neuter, objective
    Kun je het goed zien?
    Can you see it well?
    Ik doe het als jij het wilt.
    I'll do it if you want it. (i.e. "if you want me to")
    Het katje heeft honger, geef het een boterham.
    The kitty is hungry, give it a sandwich.
  3. it; impersonal
    Het is laat.
    It is late.
    Het regent alweer.
    It's raining again.
    Hoe gaat het?
    How is it going?
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  • This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart er. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.
  • In a double-object construction with another pronoun, het is generally the direct object but precedes the other pronoun: Geef het hem terug! (“Give it back to him!”). Compare regional English Give it him back!. This is different from other neuter pronouns, which usually follow the indirect object: Geef hem dat terug! (“Give that back to him!”)
Descendants
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  • Jersey Dutch: hät, it
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Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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he with standard nominative plural suffix -t.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het

Pronoun

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het

  1. (personal, dialectal, Lapland, Westrobothnia) they (plural; only of people)
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Etymology 2

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From heti through apocope.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het

Adverb

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het (not comparable) (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of heti (“immediately”).

Etymology 3

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From Biblical Hebrew חי״ת (khet).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het

Noun

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het

  1. heth (eighth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
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Inflection of het (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative het hetit
genitive hetin hetien
partitive hetiä hetejä
illative hetiin heteihin
singular plural
nominative het hetit
accusative nom. het hetit
gen. hetin
genitive hetin hetien
partitive hetiä hetejä
inessive hetissä heteissä
elative hetistä heteistä
illative hetiin heteihin
adessive hetillä heteillä
ablative hetiltä heteiltä
allative hetille heteille
essive hetinä heteinä
translative hetiksi heteiksi
abessive hetittä heteittä
instructive — hetein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of het (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hetini hetini
accusative nom. hetini hetini
gen. hetini
genitive hetini hetieni
partitive hetiäni hetejäni
inessive hetissäni heteissäni
elative hetistäni heteistäni
illative hetiini heteihini
adessive hetilläni heteilläni
ablative hetiltäni heteiltäni
allative hetilleni heteilleni
essive hetinäni heteinäni
translative hetikseni heteikseni
abessive hetittäni heteittäni
instructive — —
comitative — heteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hetisi hetisi
accusative nom. hetisi hetisi
gen. hetisi
genitive hetisi hetiesi
partitive hetiäsi hetejäsi
inessive hetissäsi heteissäsi
elative hetistäsi heteistäsi
illative hetiisi heteihisi
adessive hetilläsi heteilläsi
ablative hetiltäsi heteiltäsi
allative hetillesi heteillesi
essive hetinäsi heteinäsi
translative hetiksesi heteiksesi
abessive hetittäsi heteittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — heteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hetimme hetimme
accusative nom. hetimme hetimme
gen. hetimme
genitive hetimme hetiemme
partitive hetiämme hetejämme
inessive hetissämme heteissämme
elative hetistämme heteistämme
illative hetiimme heteihimme
adessive hetillämme heteillämme
ablative hetiltämme heteiltämme
allative hetillemme heteillemme
essive hetinämme heteinämme
translative hetiksemme heteiksemme
abessive hetittämme heteittämme
instructive — —
comitative — heteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hetinne hetinne
accusative nom. hetinne hetinne
gen. hetinne
genitive hetinne hetienne
partitive hetiänne hetejänne
inessive hetissänne heteissänne
elative hetistänne heteistänne
illative hetiinne heteihinne
adessive hetillänne heteillänne
ablative hetiltänne heteiltänne
allative hetillenne heteillenne
essive hetinänne heteinänne
translative hetiksenne heteiksenne
abessive hetittänne heteittänne
instructive — —
comitative — heteinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative hetinsä hetinsä
accusative nom. hetinsä hetinsä
gen. hetinsä
genitive hetinsä hetiensä
partitive hetiään
hetiänsä 		hetejään
hetejänsä
inessive hetissään
hetissänsä 		heteissään
heteissänsä
elative hetistään
hetistänsä 		heteistään
heteistänsä
illative hetiinsä heteihinsä
adessive hetillään
hetillänsä 		heteillään
heteillänsä
ablative hetiltään
hetiltänsä 		heteiltään
heteiltänsä
allative hetilleen
hetillensä 		heteilleen
heteillensä
essive hetinään
hetinänsä 		heteinään
heteinänsä
translative hetikseen
hetiksensä 		heteikseen
heteiksensä
abessive hetittään
hetittänsä 		heteittään
heteittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — heteineen
heteinensä

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het

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het

  1. nominative plural of he (“a letter in some Semitic alphabets”)

Kven

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Etymology

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From Finnish he, from Proto-Finnic *hek.

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Pronoun

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het

  1. they

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Declension of het
singular plural
nominative hän het
genitive hänen heiđän, heän
partitive häntä heitä
accusative hänen heiđät, heät
illative hänheen heihin
inessive hänessä heissä
elative hänestä heistä
allative hänele, hänelet,
hälle, hället 		heile, heilet
adessive hänelä, hällä heillä
ablative häneltä, hältä heiltä
translative hänenä heinä
essive häneksi heiksi
abessive hänettä heittä

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Kven personal pronouns
first second third anim third anim or inan
singular mie sie hän se
plural met tet het net

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  • Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch hit, it, from Proto-Germanic *hit, *it.

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Pronoun

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het n

  1. it

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Middle Dutch personal pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
masc. fem. neut.
nominative ic du hi si het wi gi si
accusative mi di hem, hen haer ons u hem, hen
dative hem, hen
genitive mijn dijn sijn haer sijn onse uwe haer

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat)
  • Limburgish: hèt

Further reading

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  • “het”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “het”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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het

  1. Alternative form of heed

Etymology 2

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Noun

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het

  1. Alternative form of hete (“hate”)

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

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het

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to have as one’s name, to be called

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Conjugation of het (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
infinitive I het
infinitive II (tu) {{{inf_2}}}
past participle {{{ppp}}}
imperative singular het
imperative plural het’m
  present past
1st singular het {{{past_1}}}
2nd singular {{{pres_2}}} {{{past_2}}}
3rd singular {{{pres_3}}} {{{past_1}}}
plural het {{{past_1}}}
  perfect pluperfect
1st singular haa {{{ppp}}} hed {{{ppp}}}
2nd singular heest {{{ppp}}} hedst {{{ppp}}}
3rd singular hee {{{ppp}}} hed {{{ppp}}}
plural haa {{{ppp}}} hed {{{ppp}}}
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st singular skal het wal het
2nd singular skääl het wääl het
3rd singular skal het wal het
plural skel het wel het

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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  • heit (of adjective, Nynorsk also)
  • hette (of verb)

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse heitr.

Adjective

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het (neuter singular hett, definite singular and plural hete, comparative hetere, indefinite superlative hetest, definite superlative heteste)

  1. hot (most senses)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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het

  1. simple past of hete (Etymology 3)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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het

  1. past of heita

Old English

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Verb

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hēt

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of hātan

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hait. Compare Old English hāt, Old Frisian hēt, Old High German heiz, Old Norse heitr.

Adjective

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hēt

  1. hot, fierce

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Positive forms of hēt
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative hēt hēte, hēta hēt hēta hēt hēt, hēta
accusative hētan, hēten hēta, hēte hēta hēta hēt hēt, hēta
genitive hētes, hētas hētaro, hētoro, hētero hētara, hētaro hētaro, hētoro, hētero hētes, hētas hētaro, hētoro, hētero
dative hētumu, hētum, hētun, hētun, hēton, hēten, hētan hētun, hēton, hētum hētaro, hētaru, hētara hētun, hēton hētumu, hētum, hētun, hētun, hēton, hēten, hētan hētun, hēton, hētum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative hēto, hēta hēton, hētun hēta, hēte hēton, hētun, hētan hēta, hēte hēton, hētun
accusative hēton, hētan hēton, hētun hētun, hēton, hētan hēton, hētun, hētan hēta, hēte hēton, hētun
genitive hēten, hētan hētono, hēteno hētun, hētan, hēten hētono hēten, hētan hētono, hēteno
dative hēton, hēten, hētan hēton, hētun hētun, hētan hēton, hētun hēton, hēten, hētan hēton, hētun


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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish hēter, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective

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het (comparative hetare, superlative hetast)

  1. hot; having a very high temperature
  2. hot; feverish
  3. hot; (of food) spicy
  4. hot; radioactive
  5. (slang) hot; physically very attractive
    Den kvinnan är het!
    That woman is hot!
  6. hot; popular, in demand.
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Inflection of het
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular het hetare hetast
Neuter singular hett hetare hetast
Plural heta hetare hetast
Masculine plural3 hete hetare hetast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hete hetare hetaste
All heta hetare hetaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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  • (antonym(s) of “of high temperature”): iskall, kall, kylig, sval
  • (antonym(s) of “spicy”): mild
  • (antonym(s) of “popular”): ute

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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het

  1. imperative of heta

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English head.

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het

  1. (anatomy) head
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:
      Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”
      →New International Version translation

Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old English hætt.

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het f (plural hetiau, not mutable)

  1. hat

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  • hetiwr (“hatter, milliner”)

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “het”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English hette, from Old English hǣtu.

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het

  1. heat

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46
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