hie

Bedeutung (English)

  1. To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
  2. To hurry (oneself).

Concepts

sich sputen

sich beeilen{vr}

Synonyms

belt along

be in a hurry

rush along

bucket along

pelt along

cannonball along

bustle about

scurry about

Frequenz

48k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/haɪ/
Etymology (English)

From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”). Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).

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