# het
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

Clipping of heterosexual.

#### Noun

het (countable and uncountable, plural hets)
* (countable, slang) A heterosexual person.
** 2020, “metal”, in food house, performed by food house:See how you like that you townie het from southeastern MA / Saying "fairy" and "Mark Wahlberg" like it's southie any day
* (uncountable, fandom slang) Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship.
    Synonym: hetfic
** 2005, Rhiannon Bury, Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online, Peter Lang, published 2005, →ISBN, page 207:Mary Ellen Curtin presented a paper at the 2002 Popular Culture Association conference in which she studied fanfiction archives to discover that black characters appeared far less in both het and slash fiction than white or even Latino/a characters.
** 2006, Catherine Driscoll, “One True Pairing: The Romance of Pornography and the Pornography of Romance”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 84:The vast majority of fan fiction is het or slash, and these types are usually defined against each other as approaches to romance and porn, marginalizing gen as something outside of the dominant concerns of fan fiction.
** 2010, Rebecca Ward Black, “Just Don't Call Them Cartoons: The New Literacy Spaces of Anime, Manga, and Fanfiction”, in Julie Coiro, Michele Knobel, Colin Lankshear, Donald J. Leu, editors, Handbook of Research on New Literacies, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 595:Other studies explore why some women write het, or fictions with heterosexual pairings of certain couples, within canons such as Star Trek Voyager that generally inspire slash fiction (Somogyi, 2002).
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:het.

#### Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)
* (slang) Heterosexual.

#### Derived terms

* cishet
* comphet
* non-het

### Etymology 2

Strong conjugation of heat.

#### Verb

het
* (dialect) simple past and past participle of heat

#### Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)
* (dialect) Heated.

##### Derived terms

* het up

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

het (plural hets)
* Clipping of heterozygous.
    For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.

#### Adjective

het (not comparable)
* Clipping of heterozygous.

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

het (plural hets)
* Alternative form of heth (“Semitic letter”)

### See also

* het Bildt (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* the, eth-, Eth., TEH, teh, ETH, Eth, EHT, eth, the-, Teh, -eth

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* 't (in informal writing, reflecting the contracted pronunciation)

### Etymology

From the Dutch 3rd person singular of hebben, which is heeft in standard Dutch, but het in many dialects. Compare also German hat, English has (from older English hath).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɛt/
* IPA: /(ə)t/ (contracted, unstressed)
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

het
* present of hê

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* (Belgium) IPA: /(ɦ)ət/
* Audio (Belgium):(file)
* (Netherlands) IPA: (unstressed) /(ɦ)ət/, (when stressed) /ɦɛt/
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: het
* Rhymes: -ət, -ɛt

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological.

#### Article

het n
* neuter singular of de (“the”), the definite article
    het boek ― the book
    het meisje ― the girl

##### Derived terms

* aan het
* hetgeen
* hetwelk
* hetzelfde

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch het, hit, from Old Dutch it, hit, from Proto-Germanic *it, *hit.

#### Pronoun

het n
* it; third-person singular, neuter, subjective
    Het is een mooi huis, maar een beetje klein.It is a nice house, but a little small.
* it; third-person singular, neuter, objective
    Kun je het goed zien?Can you see it well?
    Ik doe het als jij het wilt.
       I'll do it if you want it. (i.e. "if you want me to")
    Het katje heeft honger, geef het een boterham.The kitty is hungry, give it a sandwich.
* it; impersonal
    Het is laat.It is late.
    Het regent alweer.It's raining again.
    Hoe gaat het?How is it going?

##### Usage notes

* This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart er. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.
* In a double-object construction with another pronoun, het is generally the direct object but precedes the other pronoun: Geef het hem terug! (“Give it back to him!”). Compare regional English Give it him back!. This is different from other neuter pronouns, which usually follow the indirect object: Geef hem dat terug! (“Give that back to him!”)

##### Derived terms

* hetzij

##### Descendants

* Jersey Dutch: hät, it

##### See also

| | subject | subject | object | object | possessive | possessive | possessive | reflexive | genitive$^5$ |
| singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | | |
| 1st person | ik | 'k$^1$ | mij | me | mijn | m'n$^1$ | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
| 2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u, zich$^7$ | uwer, uws |
| 3rd person masculine | hij | ie$^1$ | hem | 'm$^1$ | zijn | z'n$^1$ | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
| 3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r$^1$, 'r$^1$, d'r$^1$ | haar | h'r$^1$, 'r$^1$, d'r$^1$ | hare | zich | harer, haars |
| 3rd person neuter | het | 't$^1$ | het | 't$^1$ | zijn | z'n$^1$ | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
| plural | | | | | | | | | |
| 1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze$^2$ | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
| 2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal$^6$ | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u, zich$^7$ | uwer, uws |
| 3rd person | zij | ze | hen$^3$, hun$^4$ | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
| $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' |

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

he with standard nominative plural suffix -t.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: het

#### Pronoun

het
* (personal, dialectal, Lapland, Westrobothnia) they (plural; only of people)

##### Synonyms

* he (standard Finnish)
* hyö, net (dialectal)

### Etymology 2

From heti through apocope.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: het

#### Adverb

het (not comparable) (dialectal)
* Alternative form of heti (“immediately”).

### Etymology 3

From Biblical Hebrew חי״ת (khet).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: het

#### Noun

het
* heth (eighth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of het (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hetini
hetini
accusative
nom.
hetini
hetini
gen.
hetini
genitive
hetini
hetieni
partitive
hetiäni
hetejäni
inessive
hetissäni
heteissäni
elative
hetistäni
heteistäni
illative
hetiini
heteihini
adessive
hetilläni
heteilläni
ablative
hetiltäni
heteiltäni
allative
hetilleni
heteilleni
essive
hetinäni
heteinäni
translative
hetikseni
heteikseni
abessive
hetittäni
heteittäni
instructive
comitative
—heteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hetisi
hetisi
accusative
nom.
hetisi
hetisi
gen.
hetisi
genitive
hetisi
hetiesi
partitive
hetiäsi
hetejäsi
inessive
hetissäsi
heteissäsi
elative
hetistäsi
heteistäsi
illative
hetiisi
heteihisi
adessive
hetilläsi
heteilläsi
ablative
hetiltäsi
heteiltäsi
allative
hetillesi
heteillesi
essive
hetinäsi
heteinäsi
translative
hetiksesi
heteiksesi
abessive
hetittäsi
heteittäsi
instructive
comitative
—heteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hetimme
hetimme
accusative
nom.
hetimme
hetimme
gen.
hetimme
genitive
hetimme
hetiemme
partitive
hetiämme
hetejämme
inessive
hetissämme
heteissämme
elative
hetistämme
heteistämme
illative
hetiimme
heteihimme
adessive
hetillämme
heteillämme
ablative
hetiltämme
heteiltämme
allative
hetillemme
heteillemme
essive
hetinämme
heteinämme
translative
hetiksemme
heteiksemme
abessive
hetittämme
heteittämme
instructive
comitative
—heteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hetinne
hetinne
accusative
nom.
hetinne
hetinne
gen.
hetinne
genitive
hetinne
hetienne
partitive
hetiänne
hetejänne
inessive
hetissänne
heteissänne
elative
hetistänne
heteistänne
illative
hetiinne
heteihinne
adessive
hetillänne
heteillänne
ablative
hetiltänne
heteiltänne
allative
hetillenne
heteillenne
essive
hetinänne
heteinänne
translative
hetiksenne
heteiksenne
abessive
hetittänne
heteittänne
instructive
comitative
—heteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hetinsä
hetinsä
accusative
nom.
hetinsä
hetinsä
gen.
hetinsä
genitive
hetinsä
hetiensä
partitive
hetiään hetiänsä
hetejään hetejänsä
inessive
hetissään hetissänsä
heteissään heteissänsä
elative
hetistään hetistänsä
heteistään heteistänsä
illative
hetiinsä
heteihinsä
adessive
hetillään hetillänsä
heteillään heteillänsä
ablative
hetiltään hetiltänsä
heteiltään heteiltänsä
allative
hetilleen hetillensä
heteilleen heteillensä
essive
hetinään hetinänsä
heteinään heteinänsä
translative
hetikseen hetiksensä
heteikseen heteiksensä
abessive
hetittään hetittänsä
heteittään heteittänsä
instructive
comitative
—heteineen heteinensä :

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: het

#### Noun

het
* nominative plural of he (“a letter in some Semitic alphabets”)

## Kven
### Etymology

From Finnish he, from Proto-Finnic *hek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhet/

### Pronoun

het
* they

#### Declension

Declension of het
singular
plural
nominative
hän
het
genitive
hänen
heiđän, heän
partitive
häntä
heitä
accusative
hänen
heiđät, heät
illative
hänheen
heihin
inessive
hänessä
heissä
elative
hänestä
heistä
allative
hänele, hänelet, hälle, hället
heile, heilet
adessive
hänelä, hällä
heillä
ablative
häneltä, hältä
heiltä
translative
hänenä
heinä
essive
häneksi
heiksi
abessive
hänettä
heittä :

#### Synonyms

* net

#### See also
### References

* Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch hit, it, from Proto-Germanic *hit, *it.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /het/

### Pronoun

het n
* it

#### Alternative forms

* hit
* et, it

#### Descendants

* Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat)
* Limburgish: hèt

### Further reading

* “het”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “het”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

het
* Alternative form of heed

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

het
* Alternative form of hete (“hate”)

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* hiitje (Mooring)
* jit (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

### Verb

het
* (Föhr-Amrum) to have as one’s name, to be called

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* heit (of adjective, Nynorsk also)
* hette (of verb)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse heitr.

#### Adjective

het (neuter singular hett, definite singular and plural hete, comparative hetere, indefinite superlative hetest, definite superlative heteste)
* hot (most senses)

##### Synonyms

* varm

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

het
* simple past of hete (Etymology 3)

### References

* “het” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

het
* past of heita

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heːt/

### Verb

hēt
* first/third-person singular preterite of hātan

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hait. Compare Old English hāt, Old Frisian hēt, Old High German heiz, Old Norse heitr.

### Adjective

hēt
* hot, fierce

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: hêt
** German Low German: heet
** Low German: heet, heit, hitt

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Southern Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈxɛt/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Lasovia) IPA: /ˈxɛt/
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈhɛt]

### Particle

het
* (Southern Greater Poland) Alternative form of ot
* (Przemyśl) Alternative form of ot (“still”)
    I tak het siedziała Kasia w domu. ― And so Kasia was still sitting at home.
* (Lasovia) Alternative form of ot (“go away!”)

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “het”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30
* Oskar Kolberg (1865) “het”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heːt/
* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -eːt

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hēter, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

#### Adjective

het (comparative hetare, superlative hetast)
* hot; having a very high temperature
* hot; feverish
* hot; (of food) spicy
* hot; radioactive
* (slang) hot; physically very attractive
    Den kvinnan är het!That woman is hot!
* hot; popular, in demand.

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

##### Synonyms

* (of high temperature): (mycket) varm
* (feverish): febrig
* (spicy): stark
* (popular): inne

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “of high temperature”): iskall, kall, kylig, sval
* (antonym(s) of “spicy”): mild
* (antonym(s) of “popular”): ute

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

het
* imperative of heta

### Anagrams

* the

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English head.

### Noun

het
* (anatomy) head
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”→New International Version translation

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old English hætt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛt/

### Noun

het f (plural hetiau, not mutable)
* hat

#### Derived terms

* hetiwr (“hatter, milliner”)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “het”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English hette, from Old English hǣtu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛt/

### Noun

het
* heat

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46