hetzen

See also: Hetzen and hëtzen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German hezzen (“to pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to hunt down, pursue, persecute, attack”).

Pronunciation
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Verb

hetzen (weak, third-person singular present hetzt, past tense hetzte, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to chase; to pursue
    Die Hunde hetzen die Hasen.
    The hounds chase the hares.
  2. (transitive with auf) to sic, to set upon (of dogs etc.)
    Die Jäger hetzen ihre Hunde auf die Hasen.
    The hunters sic their dogs on the hares.
  3. (intransitive) to agitate [+ gegen (object)]
    Die Partei hetzt gegen Ausländer.
    The party agitates against foreigners.
  4. (intransitive, colloquial, also used reflexive) to be in a hurry, to hustle

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Czech: hecnout, hecovat

Further reading
  • “hetzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “hetzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “hetzen” in Duden online
  • “hetzen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Verb

hetzen (third-person singular present hetzt, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to hurry, to rush
  2. (animals, with preposition 'op') to set upon, to sic

Conjugation

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