German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German heiser (rough, hoarse), Old High German heisi (hoarse), from Old High German *haisaz. Cognate with Middle Dutch heersch, Old Norse hvískra (to whisper), Old English hās, Dutch hees (hoarse), English hoarse, Old Norse háss.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯zɐ/
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Adjective

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heiser (strong nominative masculine singular heiserer, comparative heiserer, superlative am heisersten)

  1. hoarse

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “heiser”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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heiser m

  1. indefinite plural of heis

Verb

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heiser

  1. present of heise

Old French

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Verb

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heiser

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of eiser

References

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eiser in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022