heks

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from German Hexe, from Middle High German hecse, from Old High German hagzissa, from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛks/

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heks (plural hekse)

1. witch (sorceress)
2. (figurative, derogatory) witch (term of abuse for a woman)

• heksery

From German Hexe

heks c (singular definite heksen, plural indefinite hekse)

1. a witch

• forhekse
• heksedoktor

• hekseri

Borrowed from German Hexe; ousted Middle Dutch hagetesse, hagetisse. From Middle High German hecse, from Old High German hagzissa, from Proto-West Germanic *hagatusi, from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛks/

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• Hyphenation: heks
• Rhymes: -ɛks

heks f (plural heksen, diminutive heksje n)

1. witch (sorceress)
2. (figurative, derogatory) witch (term of abuse for a woman)

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• → Papiamentu: hèks

The masculine gender is from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). The feminine gender is from oral Norwegian.

heks f or m (definite singular heksa or heksen, indefinite plural hekser, definite plural heksene)

1. a witch, a hex

• forhekse
• heksedoktor

• hekseri

Probably from German Hexe or a similar word in some related German dialect. Compare to Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Swedish häxa.

heks f (definite singular heksa, indefinite plural hekser, definite plural heksene)

1. a witch, a hag

• forhekse
• heksedoktor
• heksebrenning
• heksejakt
• heksekunst
• hekseri

• “heks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /xɛks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛks
• Syllabification: heks

heks f

1. genitive plural of heksa