heischen

Meaning

  1. (dated, formal, transitive, weak) to request, to ask, to bespeak
  2. (dated, formal, transitive, weak) to beg, to implore

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

haische

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/haɪ̯ʃən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German heischen, eischen, from Old High German heiscon, eiscon, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask, demand”).

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