Hitze

See also: hitze

German

Etymology

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

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

heat

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of Hitze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hitze	die	Hitzen¹
genitive	einer	der	Hitze	der	Hitzen¹
dative	einer	der	Hitze	den	Hitzen¹
accusative	eine	die	Hitze	die	Hitzen¹

¹Rare.

Derived terms

erhitzen
hitzig
überhitzen
Gluthitze (“searing heat”)

Descendants

→ Kashubian: hëc
→ Silesian: hica

Further reading

“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

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