geheien

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German hīwan (“to marry”), from Proto-Germanic *hīwijaną, related to *hīwą (“marriage”).

The remarkable semantic development of this verb can be followed from Old High German through Middle High German to modern German dialects; it goes: “to marry” → “to copulate, fuck” → “to rape” → “to plague” → “to hit” → “to throw”. The last sense is also found in Alemannic German. Cognate with Dutch huwen (“to marry”, in early modern Dutch also “to fuck, rape”). Also related with German Heirat (“marriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈhai̯en/, [ɡəˈhɑɪ̯.ən]
• Rhymes: -ɑɪən

Verb

geheien (third-person singular present gehäit, past participle gehäit, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to throw; to throw away
2. (transitive) to plague; to trouble
3. (reflexive) to trouble oneself; to toil
4. (transitive, archaic) to rape

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive	geheien
participle	gehäit
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	geheien	—
2nd singular	gehäis	gehei
3rd singular	gehäit	—
1st plural	geheien	—
2nd plural	geheit	geheit
3rd plural	geheien	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

• (to throw): werfen, schmäissen, puchen
• (to trouble oneself): (sech) ploen