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hetzen

TRANSLITERATION hetzenPRONUNCIATION /ˈhɛt͡sn̩/

hunt or drive; hurry; incite or stir hostility

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Modern German
SENSE
hound hurry incite verb
FAMILY
Indo-European / West Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:30:hetzen:attested:sense:hound-hurry-incite-verb

Duden keeps the chase, haste, and hostile-agitation senses under one verb. The modern political use does not erase the hunting construction.

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Early New High German · Early New High German · hound and incite early new high german

hetzen / hessen / hittzen

hunt with dogs; drive; set people against one another

SOUND
Regional Early New High German spellings converge on standard hetzen; inflection and pronunciation continue to develop while the lexical stem remains recognizable.
MEANING
The inherited chase and incitement senses continue, while reflexive and intransitive hurry uses become prominent in modern German.
CHRONOLOGY
Early New High German into standardized Modern German.
SCHOLAR
Dudenredaktion · Oskar Reichmann et al.
CONFIDENCE
established — Modern and Early New High German dictionaries document overlapping action senses without requiring a new lexical origin.
hetzen — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, HerkunftsupportsMeaning groups 1–3 and Herkunft

Documents modern chase, hurry, and hostile-incitement senses under one weak verb.

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Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch — hetzensupportsSense groups 1–3 and cited Early New High German records

Documents historical hunting, pursuit, provocation, and incitement uses.

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