heit

Meaning

father, dad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hai̯t/

Etymology

A former term of endearment which has widely displaced faar, just as mem (“mother”) has displaced moer. Cognate with North Frisian aatj (“father”), most likely from Proto-Germanic *attô, whence also Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta). The h- would appear to be prothetic; compare the variant deite, which is further comparable to East Frisian Low German Tatte, English dad, etc.

Sentences

Ik tink dat dat foar ús heit heel slim west hat.

I think that was very bad for our father.

Ik ha noch in jier by ús heit op de buorkerij wurke.

I worked with our father on the farm for another year.

Heit hat dy beam plante doe't er noch in lytse jonge wie.

Father planted that tree when he was still a little boy.

Heit wie doe oer de tachtich en mem mear as santich jier .

Father was then in his eighties and mother more than seventy.

Mail heit oer de belesting.

Mail dad about the tax.

Mar jo heit hat dus altyd lesjûn?

But your father always taught?

Je waarden skipper of skipperske omdat jo heit skipper wie.

You became a skipper because your father was a skipper.

Wêrom waarden heit en mem razend as ik dêr fragen oer stelde?

Why did mom and dad get mad when I asked questions about that?