hijsen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• hijschen

Etymology

From late Middle Dutch hisen, hischen. Further etymology uncertain, but possibly related to Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to hunt down, pursue, persecute, attack”). Or, possibly imitative.

Related to Middle Low German hissen, German hissen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.sə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: hij‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯sən

Verb

hijsen

1. (transitive) to pull up, hoist

Inflection

Conjugation of hijsen (strong class 1)
infinitive	hijsen
past singular	hees
past participle	gehesen
infinitive	hijsen
gerund	hijsen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	hijs	hees
2nd person sing. (jij)	hijst	hees
2nd person sing. (u)	hijst	hees
2nd person sing. (gij)	hijst	heest
3rd person singular	hijst	hees
plural	hijsen	hesen
subjunctive sing.1	hijse	hese
subjunctive plur.1	hijsen	hesen
imperative sing.	hijs
imperative plur.1	hijst
participles	hijsend	gehesen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• aanhijsen
• hijskraan
• omhooghijsen
• ophijsen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hys
• Berbice Creole Dutch: hesi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: hice
• → Norwegian Bokmål: heise

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN