hieven

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ivən

Verb

hieven

  1. inflection of heffen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

German

Etymology

Ca. 1800, in nautical parlance, thus perhaps through Low German, eventually from English heave, from Middle English heven, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan. Doublet of heben and kapieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːfən/, (less often) /ˈhiːvən/
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Verb

hieven (weak, third-person singular present hievt, past tense hievte, past participle gehievt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to heave (lift and move something with great difficulty)
    Synonyms: bugsieren, heben, schleppen
    Er hievte sich aus dem Bett.
    He heaved himself out of the bed.
    Die Müllmänner hieven den Müll in den Müllwagen.
    The garbage collectors put the garbage into the garbage truck.
  2. (nautical, construction) to heave (pull up with a rope)
    • 1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 190:
      Lange Wachen gibt es: der Streek dauert drei bis vier Stunden; saure Arbeit, denn die Zungen sitzen mehr im Schlick als im Sand und die Kurre ist oft nicht zu hieven.
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Further reading

  • hieven” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hieven” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hieven” in Duden online
  • hieven” in OpenThesaurus.de