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das Heft

noun · /hɛft/ ·
Etymology

18th-century backformation from heften (“to fasten”), from *haftijaną (“to bind, secure”).

Translation

  1. notebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written) neuter, strong
  2. notepad, writing pad (pad of paper on which one jots down notes) neuter, strong
  3. exercise book (booklet for students, containing problems and exercises, or blank pages for writing answers) neuter, strong
  4. number, issue (single edition of a periodical publication) neuter, strong
  5. magazine (non-academic periodical publication) neuter, strong
  6. comic (magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories) neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Heft Hefte
Accusative Heft Hefte
Dative Heft Heften
Genitive Heftes Hefte

Heft

noun · /hɛft/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German hefte, from Old High German hefti, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją (“handle, grip”). Cognate with Dutch heft, English haft.

Translation

  1. haft; handle (of a weapon or certain tools) historical, literary, neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Heft Hefte
Accusative Heft Hefte
Dative Heft Heften
Genitive Heftes Hefte