PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No as a synchronic definition, though the histories are related. Modern Duden distinguishes chase, hurry, and incitement senses; etymological sources connect the formation with Hass or hassen and the broader Germanic hate family.
/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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Separates modern senses while linking the etymology to hassen.
Meaning groups 1–3 and HerkunftPlaces the verb in the comparative Germanic hate family.
p. 203, *xatjananThe dossier links the family without replacing the verb’s attested action senses with a one-word gloss.