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German
Etymology
From Middle High German heischen, eischen, from Old High German heiscon, eiscon, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask, demand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪ̯ʃən/, /haɪ̯ʃn̩/
Verb
heischen (weak, third-person singular present heischt, past tense heischte, past participle geheischt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, dated, formal) to request, to ask, to bespeak
- Synonyms: verlangen, fordern, (dated) erheischen
1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 478:Sie erhob sich; indes sie in fesselloser Weise mit den Hüften schaukelte, begann sie ihrerseits heftig zu blitzen, und den wurstförmigen Finger gebieterisch gegen den Boden gestreckt, zischte sie: „Auf die Knie, elender Schklafe!“ Und Diederich tat, was sie heischte!- She got up; while she was rocking her hips in an unrestrained manner, she began to flash violently, and her sausage-shaped finger stretched imperiously against the floor, she hissed: "On your knees, wretched slave!" And Diederich did what she asked!
- (transitive, dated, formal) to beg, to implore
- Synonym: bitten
Conjugation
Conjugation of
heischen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
heischen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “heischen” in Duden online
- “heischen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache