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heten

Pronunciation: /ˈɦeː.tə(n)/

“heten” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to be named; to have as name; to be called
  2. to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called
  3. to name, to call (to provide with a name, to define a name as)
  4. to be claimed; to be asserted
  5. to mean; to have as meaning
  6. to heat, make warmer
  7. to heat up, become warmer
  8. to stir, arouse emotions etc.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hêten, from Old Dutch hētan, from Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

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