hetzen

From Middle High German hetzen, from Old High German hezzen (“to pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to hunt down, pursue, persecute, attack”).

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hetzen (weak, third-person singular present hetzt, past tense hetzte, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary haben)

2. (transitive) to chase; to pursue

   Die Hunde hetzen die Hasen.

   The hounds chase the hares.

4. (transitive) to sic, to set upon [with accusative ‘animals, usually dogs’ and auf (+ accusative) ‘on someone/something’]

   Die Jäger hetzen ihre Hunde auf die Hasen.

   The hunters sic their dogs on the hares.

6. (intransitive) to agitate [with gegen]

   Die Partei hetzt gegen Ausländer.

   The party agitates against foreigners.

8. (intransitive, colloquial, also used in the reflexive) to be in a hurry, to hustle

• Hetze

• Hatz

• → Czech: hecnout, hecovat

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hetzen (third-person singular present hetzt, past participle gehetzt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to hurry, to rush
2. (transitive) to sic, to set upon [with accusative ‘animals, usually dogs’ and op (+ accusative) ‘on someone/something’]