Heft
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
18th-century backformation from heften (“to fasten”), from *haftijaną (“to bind, secure”).
Alternative forms edit
- H. (abbreviation, chiefly in context)
Noun edit
Heft n (strong, genitive Heftes or Hefts, plural Hefte, diminutive Heftchen n)
- notebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written)
- notepad, writing pad (pad of paper on which one jots down notes)
- exercise book (booklet for students, containing problems and exercises, or blank pages for writing answers)
- number, issue (single edition of a periodical publication)
- magazine (non-academic periodical publication)
- comic (magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories)
Declension edit
Declension of Heft [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms edit
- Aufsatzheft (“composition book”)
- Rechenheft
- Schulheft (“exercise book, composition book used in school”)
- Schreibheft
Descendants edit
- → Kashubian: hëft
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German hefte, from Old High German hefti, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją (“handle, grip”). Cognate with Dutch heft, English haft.
Noun edit
Heft n (strong, genitive Heftes or Hefts, plural Hefte)
- (literary, historical, specialist or regional, widely obsolete) haft; handle (of a weapon or certain tools)
Usage notes edit
- In large parts of Germany, this word is unknown even to well educated native speakers. Even the common expression das Heft in der Hand haben/halten (“to be in charge”, literally “to hold the haft in one's hand”) is interpreted as a derivative of etymology 1.
Declension edit
Declension of Heft [neuter, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Heft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Heft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Heft (Schaft, Griff)” in Duden online
- “Heft (Schrift, Broschur)” in Duden online
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Heft n (plural Hefte or Hefter, diminutive Heftche)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Heft ? (plural Hefter)
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hefte, from Old High German hefti, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją (“handle, grip”). Compare German Heft, Dutch heft, English haft.
Noun edit
Heft n
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Heft n (plural Hefta)