heischen

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• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯ʃən/, /haɪ̯ʃn̩/

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heischen (weak, third-person singular present heischt, past tense heischte, past participle geheischt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, dated, formal) to request, to ask, to bespeak

   Synonyms: verlangen, fordern, (dated) erheischen

   • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 478:

     Sie erhob sich; indes sie in fesselloser Weise mit den Hüften schaukelte, begann sie ihrerseits heftig zu blitzen, und den wurstförmigen Finger gebieterisch gegen den Boden gestreckt, zischte sie: „Auf die Knie, elender Schklafe!“ Und Diederich tat, was sie heischte!

     She got up; while she was rocking her hips in an unrestrained manner, she began to flash violently, and her sausage-shaped finger stretched imperiously against the floor, she hissed: "On your knees, wretched slave!" And Diederich did what she asked!

2. (transitive, dated, formal) to beg, to implore

   Synonym: bitten

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