hekte

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See also: ἕκτη

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German hechte, of the verb hechten. The idiomatic sense is a semantic loan from Danish archaic hægter (“money, riches”). See more at Etymology 2.

Noun

hekte f (definite singular hekta, indefinite plural hekter, definite plural hektene)

  1. a small hook used to secure with an eyelet or similar, in order fasten clothing
  2. the hook and eyelet together; a hook and eye
  3. (in the plural, idiomatic, in fixed expressions) a state of health and wealth; (one's) senses
    kome til hektene (att) ― to recover (financially, medically, etc.)
    kome ut av hektene ― to decline (financially, medically, etc.)
    • 1993, “Geirr Wiggens doktordisputas 4.6.1992”, in Maal og Minne, page 49:
      Og ved vegs ende kan både kropp, tanke og ikkje minst sjølkjensle vera så sliten at ein treng skryt og godord for å komma til hektene igjen.
      And by the end of the road, both body, thought and not least self-esteem may be so tired that one needs praise and good words to recover.
    • 1951, Olav Gullvåg, Brattøra, Oslo: Norli, page 212:
      Nokon kvar kan koma utav hektene når han får ei ung og pen kvinne om halsen.
      Any man can become unsensible when he has a young and beautiful woman around his neck.
    • 1937 June 11, “Musikk-stevne”, in Haugesunds Avis, page 5:
      Ein konne få øireverk med mindre. Bror te kånå så bor tett atteme barneparken va ganske utav hektene itte denna spelingå.
      One could get earpain from less. Me brother-in-law who lives right by the child-park was pretty out-of-whack after that playing .
  4. roof battens
    Synonym: taklekte
  5. used in the fixed expression på hekta (“barely”)
Inflection
Historical inflection of hekte
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Hekte n Hektet Hekte Hekti
1917 hekta, hekti
1938 hekta
1959 hekte f hekta hekter hektene
1983 hekte
2012 (current) hekte hekta hekter hektene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in were official, but considered second-tier. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German hechten, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. Doublet of hefte. Semantic loan from English hook (“to make addicted”).

Verb

hekte (present tense hektar, past tense hekta, past participle hekta, passive infinitive hektast, present participle hektande, imperative hekte/hekt)

  1. to hook
  2. to attach, bind
  3. to catch, arrest, incarcerate
    Synonyms: fakke, arrestere
  4. to hook, make addicted

References

  • “hekte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “hekta”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “hekte”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “hekte” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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