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hitten

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English

Verb

hitten

  1. (archaic, rare, dialectal) past participle of hit
    The bullet had hitten her in the stomach.
    • 1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone :
      But though I could hardly hold the gun, unless with my back against a bar, it did me good to hear it go off, and hope to have hitten his enemies.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

hitten

  1. plural of hit

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪtn̩/
  • Hyphenation: hit‧ten

Verb

hitten (weak, third-person singular present hittet, past tense hittete, past participle gehittet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (slang, roleplaying games) to hit (to strike)
  2. (slang) to hit (to reach or achieve)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • one-hitten
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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hyttan (to come upon), from Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (to come upon), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (to fall upon).

Both Old English hyttan and its Middle English reflexes point to Old English /y/ in this word; possibly it was initially borrowed into a variety which had unrounded /y/ to /i/, then received /y/ in other varieties by analogy with native words where /y/ corresponded to /i/ in unrounding varieties.

Pronunciation

Verb

hitten (third-person singular simple present hitteth, present participle hittynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hitte, past participle hit)

  1. (ambitransitive) To hit; to come into contact with (especially forcefully):
    1. To strike; to land a blow (with one's hand or weapon)
    2. To land a projectile against.
    3. (figuratively) To succeed or afflict; to take effect.
    4. (intransitive, rare) To fall or collide.
  2. (ambitransitive) To encounter or find; to meet with or come upon.
  3. (intransitive) To travel or journey.
  4. (ambitransitive, rare) To throw or toss; to cause to hit.

Conjugation

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: hit (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: hit

References

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Swedish

Noun

hitten

  1. definite singular of hit

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