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Yes. The word het is a Scrabble US word. The word het is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (3 found)

ETH,HET,THE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EH,ET,HE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from het according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of het

het

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Clipping of heterosexual.

Noun

het (countable and uncountable, plural hets)

  1. (countable, slang) A heterosexual person.
  2. (uncountable, fandom slang) Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship.
    Synonym: hetfic
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:het.

Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

  1. (slang) Heterosexual.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Strong conjugation of heat.

Verb

het

  1. (dialect) simple past and past participle of heat

Adjective

het (comparative more het, superlative most het)

  1. (dialect) Heated.
Derived terms
  • het up

Etymology 3

Noun

het (plural hets)

  1. Clipping of heterozygous.

Adjective

het (not comparable)

  1. Clipping of heterozygous.

Etymology 4

Noun

het (plural hets)

  1. Alternative form of heth (“Semitic letter”).

See also

  • het Bildt (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • the, eth-, Eth., TEH, teh, ETH, Eth, EHT, eth, the-, Teh, -eth

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • 't (in informal writing, reflecting the contracted pronunciation)

Etymology

From the Dutch 3rd person singular of hebben, which is heeft in standard Dutch, but het in many dialects. Compare also German hat, English has (from older English hath).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt/
  • IPA(key): /(ə)t/ (contracted, unstressed)

Verb

het

  1. present of hê

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /(ɦ)ət/
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): (unstressed) /(ɦ)ət/, (when stressed) /ɦɛt/
  • Hyphenation: het
  • Rhymes: -ət, -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological.

Article

het n

  1. neuter singular of de (“the”), the definite article
    het boek ― the book
    het meisje ― the girl
Declension


Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch het, hit, from Old Dutch it, hit, from Proto-Germanic *it, *hit.

Pronoun

het n

  1. it; third-person singular neuter subjective personal pronoun
  2. it; third-person singular neuter objective personal pronoun
    Ik doe het als jij het wilt.
    I'll do it if you want it. (i.e. "if you want me to")
  3. it; impersonal pronoun
Usage notes
  • This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart er. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.
  • In a double-object construction with another pronoun, het is generally the direct object but precedes the other pronoun: Geef het hem terug! (“Give it back to him!”). Compare regional English Give it him back!. This is different from other neuter pronouns, which usually follow the indirect object: Geef hem dat terug! (“Give that back to him!”)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Jersey Dutch: hät, it

Finnish

Etymology 1

he with standard nominative plural suffix -t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het
  • Hyphenation(key): het

Pronoun

het

  1. (personal, dialectal, Lapland, Westrobothnia) they (plural; only of people)
Synonyms
  • he (standard Finnish)
  • hyö, net (dialectal)

Etymology 2

From heti through apocope.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhet/, [ˈhe̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het
  • Hyphenation(key): het

Adverb

het (not comparable) (dialectal)

  1. alternative form of heti (“immediately”)

Etymology 3

From Biblical Hebrew חי״ת (khet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het
  • Hyphenation(key): het

Noun

het

  1. heth (eighth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhe(ː)t/, [ˈhe̞(ː)t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): het
  • Hyphenation(key): het

Noun

het

  1. nominative plural of he (“a letter in some Semitic alphabets”)

Kven

Etymology

From Finnish he, from Proto-Finnic *hek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhet/

Pronoun

het

  1. they

Declension

Synonyms

  • net

See also

References

  • Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk‎[1], Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hit, it, from Proto-Germanic *hit, *it.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /het/

Pronoun

het n

  1. it

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • hit
  • et, it

Descendants

  • Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat)
  • Limburgish: hèt

Further reading

  • “het”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “het”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

het

  1. alternative form of heed

Etymology 2

Noun

het

  1. alternative form of hete (“hate”)

North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • hiitje (Mooring)
  • jit (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

het

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to have as one’s name, to be called

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • heit (of adjective, Nynorsk also)
  • hette (of verb)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heitr.

Adjective

het (neuter singular hett, definite singular and plural hete, comparative hetere, indefinite superlative hetest, definite superlative heteste)

  1. hot (most senses)
Synonyms
  • varm

Etymology 2

Verb

het

  1. simple past of hete (Etymology 3)

References

  • “het” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

het

  1. past of heita

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective

het

  1. hot

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hêet
    • Dutch: heet, heit (dialectal)
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: hete
      • Jersey Dutch: heît
      • Negerhollands: heet
    • Limburgish: heit

References

  • “hēt (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heːt/

Verb

hēt

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of hātan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hait. Compare Old English hāt, Old Frisian hēt, Old High German heiz, Old Norse heitr.

Adjective

hēt

  1. hot, fierce

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: hêt
    • German Low German: heet
    • Low German: heet, heit, hitt

Polish

Pronunciation

  • (Greater Poland):
    • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈxɛt/
  • (Lesser Poland):
    • (Lasovia) IPA(key): /ˈxɛt/
    • (Przemyśl) IPA(key): [ˈhɛt]

Particle

het

  1. (Southern Greater Poland) alternative form of ot
  2. (Przemyśl) alternative form of ot (“still”)
    I tak het siedziała Kasia w domu. ― And so Kasia was still sitting at home.
  3. (Lasovia) alternative form of ot (“go away!”)

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “het”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30
  • Oskar Kolberg (1865) “het”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heːt/
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hēter, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective

het (comparative hetare, superlative hetast)

  1. hot; having a very high temperature
  2. hot; feverish
  3. hot; (of food) spicy
  4. hot; radioactive
  5. (slang) hot; physically very attractive
  6. hot; popular, in demand.
Declension
Synonyms
  • (of high temperature): (mycket) varm
  • (feverish): febrig
  • (spicy): stark
  • (popular): inne
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “of high temperature”): iskall, kall, kylig, sval
  • (antonym(s) of “spicy”): mild
  • (antonym(s) of “popular”): ute

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

het

  1. imperative of heta

Anagrams

  • the

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English head.

Noun

het

  1. (anatomy) head

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English hætt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛt/

Noun

het f (plural hetiau, not mutable)

  1. hat

Derived terms

  • hetiwr (“hatter, milliner”)

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “het”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hette, from Old English hǣtu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛt/

Noun

het

  1. heat

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46

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