PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The Middle High German dictionary centers the verb on driving dogs to hunt and already records transferred human conflict; Early New High German sources later make incitement explicit.
/ˈhɛt͡sn̩/ · German weak verb
A German weak verb whose modern senses range from driving or hunting quarry, through hurrying, to inciting hostility. The medieval record centers on setting dogs after game and already extends the action to turning people against one another. Comparative sources connect the verb with Old English hettan and Gothic hatjan, but the Old High German bridge and the exact prehistoric formation remain editorially disputed.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Documents Early New High German incitement.
Belegblock, senses 2–3Centers medieval hunting and documents human-target transfer.
hetzen, literal and transferred sense structurePreserves the legal hunting vocabulary.
hunting senses I–IIThe semantic timeline separates hunting, transferred incitement, haste, and modern hostile agitation.