See also: Heit and -heit

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German heute.

Adverb

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heit

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) today
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Further reading

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2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu. Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

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Adverb

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heit

  1. today
    Heit is die Familje kumplett.
    Today the family is complete.

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse heit, from Proto-Germanic *gahaitą.

Noun

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heit n (genitive singular heits, nominative plural heit)

  1. promise, vow
    Synonym: loforð
Declension
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Derived terms
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  • heita (to be called; to promise)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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heit

  1. inflection of heitur:
    1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
    2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
    3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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heit

  1. imperative of heita

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (manner).

Noun

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heit m

  1. Manner

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References

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  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gahaitą, *haitą. Cognate with Old English ġehāt and bēot (from earlier bihāt), Old High German giheiz, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (gahait).

Noun

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heit n

  1. promise, vow

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: heit
  • Faroese: heit

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu (today). Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Adverb

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heit

  1. today

West Frisian

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Etymology

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A former term of endearment which has widely displaced faar, just as mem (mother) has displaced moer. Cognate with North Frisian aatj (father), most likely from Proto-Germanic *attô, whence also Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta). The h- would appear to be prothetic; compare the variant deite, which is further comparable to East Frisian Low German Tatte, English dad, etc.

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Noun

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heit c (plural heiten, diminutive heitsje)

  1. father, dad
    Synonym: (in compounds) faar
    Coordinate term: mem

Further reading

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  • heit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011