heißen

Sentences

Deswegen heißen die so .

That's why they're called that.

1. (class-7,copulative,strong) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it
2. (class-7,intransitive,strong,transitive) to mean, to signify; to have a meaning
3. (class-7,impersonal,strong) to say, to be said; to go, run (like)
4. (archaic,class-7,strong,transitive) to call (someone something)
5. (archaic,class-7,strong,transitive) to order, to direct, to call to do something

genannt werden

schließen lassen auf

firmieren

Bezeichnung tragen

sich nennen

figurieren

Name ist

Name lautet

Namen tragen

Namen haben

bezeichnet werden als

man nennt

Bedeutung

angesprochen werden als

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ̯sən/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Bavarian

Cognate with Yiddish

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with Low German

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In summary

From Middle High German heizen, from Old High German heizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Cognates Cognate with Bavarian haßn, hoaßn, Yiddish הייסן (heysn), Dutch heten, Low German heten, heiten, archaic English hote, hight (“to name; to be named”), Old Norse heita, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan). Compare also with English hest, behest.

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heiß

hot (having a high temperature)
hot; horny (sexually aroused)

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