different between hasten vs harten

English

Etymology

Originally intransitive, from haste +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?he?.s?n/
• Rhymes: -e?s?n

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened)

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

   • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

   • c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     Hamlet:

     Bid the players make haste.

     Will you two help to hasten them?

3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

Synonyms

• (move in a quick fashion): dart, race; see also Thesaurus:move quickly
• (speed up): accelerate, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
• (cause a scheduled event to happen earlier): hurry, rush, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush

Derived terms

• hastener

Related terms

• haste

Translations

Anagrams

• Athens, snathe, sneath, thanes

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /(?)as?.ten/

Verb

hasten

1. Present participle of hasi.

Danish

Noun

hasten c

1. definite singular of hast

Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsien

Noun

hasten

1. Genitive plural form of hapsi.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hastn?]
• Hyphenation: has?ten
• Homophone: hassten

Verb

hasten (weak, third-person singular present hastet, past tense hastete, past participle gehastet, auxiliary sein)

1. to hurry, to rush

Conjugation

Synonyms

• eilen
• rennen
• stürmen

Antonyms

• trödeln
• trotten

Derived terms

• hastend
• hastig
• herbeihasten
• forthasten

See also

• beschleunigen
• herbeieilen
• vorauseilen
• forteilen
• laufen

Further reading

• “hasten” in Duden online

Swedish

Noun

hasten

1. definite singular of hast

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??(?)t?n/

Verb

harten (third-person singular simple present hartens, present participle hartening, simple past and past participle hartened)

1. Obsolete spelling of hearten

   • Her nourslings did with mutinous uprore / Harten against her selfe, her conquer'd spoile, / Which she had wonne from all the world afore […]

Anagrams

• Tehran, anther, arthen, nather, thenar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: har?ten
• Rhymes: -?rt?n

Noun

harten

1. Plural form of hart

Noun

harten m or f (plural hartens or harten, diminutive hartentje n)

1. (uncountable, card games) hearts
2. a playing card of the hearts suit

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

harten

1. inflection of hart:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Spanish

Verb

harten

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of hartar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of hartar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of hartar.

West Frisian

Noun

harten

1. plural of hart