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”).

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

(transitive) to chase; to pursue
Die Hunde hetzen die Hasen.
The hounds chase the hares.
(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.
(intransitive) to agitate [with gegen]
Die Partei hetzt gegen Ausländer.
The party agitates against foreigners.
(intransitive, colloquial, also used in the reflexive) to be in a hurry, to hustle

Conjugation of hetzen (weak, auxiliary haben)

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¹Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of hetzen (weak, auxiliary haben)

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