hees

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hees, from Old Dutch hes, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦeːs/
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  • Hyphenation: hees
  • Rhymes: -eːs
  • Homophones: Hees, Heesch

Adjective

hees (comparative heser, superlative meest hees or heest)

  1. hoarse, rough, husky, grating

Inflection
Inflection of hees
uninflected hees
inflected hese
comparative heser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial heesheserhet heest
het heeste
indefinite m./f. sing. hesehesereheeste
n. sing. heesheserheeste
plural hesehesereheeste
definite hesehesereheeste
partitive heeshesers—

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: hers, heers

Verb

hees

  1. singular past indicative of hijsen

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /heːs/
    • Rhymes: -eːs

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German heis. Cognate with German heiser, Dutch hees, English hoarse, Icelandic hás.

Adjective

hees (masculine heesen, neuter heest, comparative méi hees, superlative am heesten)

  1. hoarse
Declension
declension of hees
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass hees si ass hees et ass hees si si(nn) hees
nominative /
accusative		 attributive and/or after determiner heesen hees heest hees
independent without determiner heeses heeser
dative after any declined word heesen heeser heesen heesen
as first declined word heesem heesem

Etymology 2

Inflected form of haen (“to hit”).

Verb

hees

  1. second-person singular present indicative of haen

Middle English

Noun

hees

  1. Alternative form of heste (“directive”)

Somali

Noun

hees

  1. song
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