See also: hitze

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hitze, from Old High German hizza, from Proto-Germanic *hitjō (heat); see *haitį̄. Cognate with Dutch hitte. Also related with English heat.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Hit‧ze
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪtsə/

Noun

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Hitze f (genitive Hitze, plural (rare) Hitzen)

  1. heat

Usage notes

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  • The plural is rare, and only found in technical contexts.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Kashubian: hëc
  • Silesian: hica

Further reading

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  • Hitze” in Duden online
  • Hitze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “Hitze”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition