heft
Meaning
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- (neuter) handle of a knife or other tool, haft, hilt
- (neuter) control, charge
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦɛft/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hefte, from Old Dutch *hefti, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją. Forms with -cht- were dominant in Middle Dutch.
New
heffen
- to raise, lift, heave
- to levy (a tax or toll)
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