hieven
Dutch
editPronunciation
editVerb
edithieven
- inflection of heffen:
German
editEtymology
editCa. 1800, in nautical parlance, thus perhaps through Low German, eventually from English heave, from Middle English heven, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan. Doublet of heben and kapieren.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edithieven (weak, third-person singular present hievt, past tense hievte, past participle gehievt, auxiliary haben)
- to heave (lift and move something with great difficulty)
- (nautical, construction) to heave (pull up with a rope)
- 1921 [1913], Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], Seefahrt ist not!, page 190:
- Lange Wachen gibt es: der Streek dauert drei bis vier Stunden; saure Arbeit, denn die Zungen sitzen mehr im Schlick als im Sand und die Kurre ist oft nicht zu hieven.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | hieven | ||||
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present participle | hievend | ||||
past participle | gehievt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hieve | wir hieven | i | ich hieve | wir hieven |
du hievst | ihr hievt | du hievest | ihr hievet | ||
er hievt | sie hieven | er hieve | sie hieven | ||
preterite | ich hievte | wir hievten | ii | ich hievte1 | wir hievten1 |
du hievtest | ihr hievtet | du hievtest1 | ihr hievtet1 | ||
er hievte | sie hievten | er hievte1 | sie hievten1 | ||
imperative | hiev (du) hieve (du) |
hievt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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