hitsen
Dutch
editEtymology
editIntensive 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
editVerb
edithitsen
- (transitive, archaic) to chase away, to scare off
Conjugation
edit| 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. | ||||