heks
Meaning
- (feminine) witch (sorceress)
- (derogatory,feminine,figuratively) witch (term of abuse for a woman)
Concepts
witch
enchantress
hag
sorcerer
crone
hex
sorceress
Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦɛks/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hexe (15th c.), borrowed from Early Modern German Hexe. Displaced native Middle Dutch hagetisse. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā.
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