heten

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/
• Hyphenation: he‧ten
• Rhymes: -eːtən

From Middle Dutch hêten, from Old Dutch hētan, originally from the passive voice of Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

heten

1. (copulative) To be named; to have as name; to be called.

   Deze kat heet Felix.

   This cat is called Felix.

2. (copulative) to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called.

   Hoe heet dat in het Frans?

   What is that in French?

3. (transitive, dated) To name, to call (to provide with a name, to define a name as).
   • 1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 7.

     Haar naam heet ik Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.

     I call her name Hedwig Marga de Fontayne.

   Synonym: noemen

4. (copulative, dated) to be claimed; to be asserted.

   Het heet dat hij ziek is.

   It's being claimed that he is sick.

5. (copulative, dated) to mean; to have as meaning

• In a lot of dialects and colloquially the verb noemen (“call, give a name”) is used instead of heten. This is generally considered incorrect[1] and is not usually tolerated in written Dutch.

From heet.

heten

1. (transitive) To heat, make warmer
2. (intransitive) To heat up, become warmer
3. (figuratively, transitive) To stir, arouse emotions etc.

• See above.

• verhitten, opwarmen, verwarmen

• heetketel

hét +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛtɛn]
• Hyphenation: he‧ten

heten (not comparable)

1. the seven of us/you/them

From Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

hêten

1. to proclaim, to declare
2. to call (use the voice)
3. to call, to name
4. to be called, to have as name
5. to command, to order

• heiten (Limburgish)

• Dutch: heten
• Limburgish: heite

• “heten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “heeten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

heten m

1. definite singular of hete

heten m

1. definite singular of hete