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See also: Heet and -heet

Dutch

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêet, from Old Dutch *hēt, from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective

heet (comparative heter, superlative heetst)

  1. hot (very warm)
    Antonyms: koud, koel
    Het water in het zwembad was heet na een hele dag in de zon te hebben gelegen.
    The water in the swimming pool was hot after lying in the sun all day.
  2. spicy, hot
    De curry was erg heet vanwege de toegevoegde pepers.
    The curry was very spicy due to the added peppers.
Inflection
Inflection of heet
uninflected heet
inflected hete
comparative heter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial heet heter het heetst
het heetste
indefinite m./f. sing. hete hetere heetste
n. sing. heet heter heetste
plural hete hetere heetste
definite hete hetere heetste
partitive heets heters
Related terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hete
  • Jersey Dutch: heît
  • Negerhollands: heet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

heet

  1. inflection of heten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Verb

heet

  1. third-person singular present indicative of haen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hēt, from Proto-West Germanic *hait.

Adjective

hêet

  1. hot
  2. passionate

Inflection

Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite hêet hête hêet hête
Definite hête hête
Accusative Indefinite hêten hête hêet hête
Definite hête
Genitive hêets hêter hêets hêter
Dative hêten hêter hêten hêten

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

heet

  1. Alternative form of hete (heat)