heissen
German, verb
heissen is spelled H-E-I-S-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written German, the 1,266th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heissen is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of heißen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of heiss.
What does heissen mean in English?
verb
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of heißen
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of heissen
- heisst present singular third-person
- hiess past
- geheissen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- heissend participle present
- heisse first-person indicative present
- heissest second-person singular subjunctive
- heisset plural second-person subjunctive
- hiessen first-person indicative plural
- hiesse first-person singular subjunctive
- hiessest indicative preterite second-person
- hiesst indicative preterite second-person
- hiesset plural second-person subjunctive
- heiss imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is heissen in German?
heissen appears 68 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).