hissen

Meaning

to hoist (a flag or sail)

Concepts

hoist

fly

✈️

hang out

haul up

put up

run up

set up

support

wind up

float

hoist up

Synonyms

hochziehen

aufrichten

aufwinden

aufstellen

aufpflanzen

schwingen

ergattern

aushängen

aufwickeln

aufziehen

angeln

hinaushängen

Translations

hijsen

hisser

içar

optrekken

enarbolar

ophijsen

izar

guindar

ophalen

issare

arbolar

guindar

arvorar

drizar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɪsən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German: hissen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: hissen

Cognate with Old French: hicier

Cognate with English: hiss

Cognate with Middle Dutch: hîsen

Cognate with Dutch: hijsen

Cognate with Middle English: -

Cognate with Scots: heeze

Cognate with Danish: hejse

Cognate with French: hisser

Cognate with Spanish: izar

Cognate with Italian: issare

In summary

16th century, from Middle Low German hissen, of unknown origin. Possibly the same word as Middle Low German hissen, hitzen, Middle Dutch hissen (modern Dutch ophitsen), Old French hicier, all meaning “to set hounds on”. These can be compared to Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (whence High German hetzen), but the phonetics are highly problematic. Therefore the group is usually considered imitative, immediately comparable to English hiss.
The use for “hoisting” appears first in the mid-15th century in Middle Dutch hîsen (cf. modern Dutch hijsen) and in the Middle English nautical interjection hissa (cf. Scots heeze, English hoise, whence hoist). The word then quickly spread to other Germanic as well as Romance languages. Such cognates include Danish hejse, French hisser, Spanish izar, Italian issare.