heffen

From Middle Dutch heffen, from Old Dutch heffen, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, a class 6 strong verb with j-present, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛ.fə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛfən

heffen

1. To raise, lift, heave.
2. To levy (a tax or toll).

• aanheffen
• afheffen
• heffing
• naheffen
• ontheffen
• opheffen
• verheffen

• Afrikaans: hef

From Old Dutch heffen.

heffen

1. to lift, to raise
2. to begin (of a letter)
3. to collect, to receive (money)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: heffen
  • Afrikaans: hef
• Limburgish: höffe

• “heffen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “heffen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

heffen

1. to lift, to raise

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: heffen
  • Dutch: heffen
    • Afrikaans: hef
  • Limburgish: höffe

• “heven”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• hevan, heven

From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

heffen

1. to raise
2. to lift

• Middle High German: heben, heven
  • Cimbrian: höoban
  • German: heben
  • Luxembourgish: hiewen

1. Wright, Joseph. An Old High German Primer, Second Edition, 1906