heks
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch heks, from German Hexe, from Middle High German hecse, from Old High German hagzissa, from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heks (plural hekse)
- witch (sorceress)
- (figurative, derogatory) witch (term of abuse for a woman)
Derived terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]heks c (singular definite heksen, plural indefinite hekse)
- a witch
Derived terms
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch hexe (15th c.), borrowed from Early Modern German Hexe. Displaced native Middle Dutch hagetisse. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heks f (plural heksen, diminutive heksje n)
- witch (sorceress)
- (figurative, derogatory) witch (term of abuse for a woman)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The masculine gender is from Danish heks. The feminine gender is from oral Norwegian.
Noun
[edit]heks f or m (definite singular heksa or heksen, indefinite plural hekser, definite plural heksene)
Derived terms
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[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from German Hexe or a similar word in some related German dialect. Compare to Danish heks and Swedish häxa.
Noun
[edit]heks f (definite singular heksa, indefinite plural hekser, definite plural heksene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “heks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heks f
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from German
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle High German
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old High German
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans derogatory terms
- Danish terms borrowed from German
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Dutch terms derived from Middle High German
- Dutch terms derived from Old High German
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms borrowed from German
- Dutch terms derived from German
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛks
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛks/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch derogatory terms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛks
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛks/1 syllable
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms