# heten
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: he‧ten
* Rhymes: -eːtən
* Homophones: Heeten, heetten

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêten, from Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

#### Verb

heten
* (copulative) to be named; to have as name; to be called
    Deze kat heet Felix.This cat is called Felix.
* (copulative) to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called
    Hoe heet dat in het Frans?What is that in French?
* (transitive, dated) to name, to call (to provide with a name, to define a name as)
** 1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 7.
    Haar naam heet ik Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.I call her name Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.
    Synonym: noemen
* (copulative, dated) to be claimed; to be asserted
    Het heet dat hij ziek is.It's being claimed that he is sick.
* (copulative, dated) to mean; to have as meaning

##### Usage notes

* In a lot of dialects and colloquially the verb noemen (“call, give a name”) is used instead of heten. This is generally considered incorrect and is not usually tolerated in written Dutch.

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: heet
* Negerhollands: hiet

### Etymology 2

From heet.

#### Verb

heten
* (transitive) to heat, make warmer
* (intransitive) to heat up, become warmer
* (figuratively, transitive) to stir, arouse emotions etc.

##### Synonyms

* verhitten, opwarmen, verwarmen

##### Derived terms

* heetketel

### References

* ↑ Taaladvies.net on noemen/heten

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From the het- stem of hét (“seven”) +‎ -en (adverb-forming suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɛtɛn]
* Hyphenation: he‧ten
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Adverb

heten (not comparable)
* the seven of us/you/them

#### Derived terms

* heten vannak, mint a gonoszok (“there are seven of them like the devils/demons”)

### See also

* héten (“on [a] week”, the superessive of the noun hét, or rarely that of the numeral hét)

### Further reading

* see III. 1. in (1): hét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan.

### Verb

hêten
* to proclaim, to declare
* to call (use the voice)
* to call, to name
* to be called, to have as name
* to command, to order

#### Alternative forms

* heiten (Limburgish)

#### Descendants

* Dutch: heten
** Afrikaans: heet
** Negerhollands: hiet
* Limburgish: heite

### Further reading

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

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English hǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitijan, from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną; equivalent to hete (“heat”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* hete, hetyn
* heaten (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛːtən/

#### Verb

heten (third-person singular simple present heteth, present participle hetynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hette, past participle het)
* To heat; to make warm or hot.
* To increase in heat; to become hot.
* To cause a hot sensation or heating.
* To make or become willing or fervent.
* (rare) To light aflame.

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: heat
* Scots: heat, haet, het
** ⇒ Scots: het

#### References

* “hēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English hǣtan, plural of hǣte, variant of hǣtu; equivalent to hete +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

heten
* (Early Middle English) plural of hete (“heat”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

heten
* Alternative form of hetien

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

heten m
* definite singular of hete

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

heten m
* definite singular of hete