FromMiddle High Germanheiȥen, fromOld High Germanheiȥan, fromProto-West Germanic*haitan, fromProto-Germanic*haitaną.
heißen (class 7strong,third-person singular presentheißt,past tensehieß,past participlegeheißen,auxiliaryhaben)
- (copulative) to have aname; to benamed; tobe called;but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it
- Wieheißt du? ―What is your name?
- Ichheiße ... ―I’m called ...
Ich werde Lutz genannt, aber ichheiße Ludger.- They call me Lutz, but my name is Ludger.
- (intransitive or transitive) tomean, tosignify; to have a meaning
- Synonym:bedeuten
Dasheißt, dass wir nur noch wenig Zeit haben.- Thismeans that we have but little time left.
Was [or: Wie]heißt „Auto“ auf Englisch?- Whatis ‘Auto’ in English?
- (impersonal) tosay, to be said; togo,run (like)
- Esheißt, dass ... ―Itis said that ...; They say that ...
- (transitive, archaic except in fixed expressions) tocall (someone something)
- Synonym:nennen
- Er hat mich einen Idiotengeheißen. ―Hecalled me an idiot.
- Ichheiße Sie herzlich willkommen! ―I welcome you cordially! (literally, “Icall you cordially welcome!”)
- (transitive, archaic) toorder, todirect, tocall to do something
- Synonyms:anweisen,auffordern,aufrufen,befehlen,sagen
- Ich habe ihn hereinkommenheißen. ―I havetold him to come inside.
- Siehieß ihn aufrecht (zu) stehen. ―Sheordered him to stand upright.
1This form and alternative inwürde both found.
Composed forms of
heißen (class 7
strong, auxiliary
haben)
heißen
- inflection ofheiß:
- stronggenitivemasculine/neutersingular
- weak/mixedgenitive/dative all-gendersingular
- strong/weak/mixedaccusativemasculinesingular
- strongdativeplural
- weak/mixed all-caseplural
