From Middle High German hegen, from Old High German heggan (“surrounded by a fence”), ultimately from the root of archaic Hag (“hedge”) and modern Gehege (“enclosure”).
hegen (weak, third-person singular present hegt, past tense hegte, past participle gehegt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | hegen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | hegend | ||||
| past participle | gehegt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich hege | wir hegen | i | ich hege | wir hegen |
| du hegst | ihr hegt | du hegest | ihr heget | ||
| er hegt | sie hegen | er hege | sie hegen | ||
| preterite | ich hegte | wir hegten | ii | ich hegte1 | wir hegten1 |
| du hegtest | ihr hegtet | du hegtest1 | ihr hegtet1 | ||
| er hegte | sie hegten | er hegte1 | sie hegten1 | ||
| imperative | heg (du) hege (du) |
hegt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
hegen
hegen (third-person singular simple present hegeth, present participle hegende, hegynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heged)