different between hef vs hep

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

hef (plural hefs)

1. (abbreviation) hefeweizen

Anagrams

• Fe/H, feh

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch heft, from Middle Dutch hefte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f/

Noun

hef (plural hefte)

1. handle

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f

Verb

hef

1. first-person singular present indicative of heffen
2. imperative of heffen

Middle English

Verb

hef

1. past tense of heave

Old Norse

Verb

hef

1. inflection of hefja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. second-person singular imperative active

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

hep (uncountable)

1. (informal) hepatitis.
2. Abbreviation of high-energy physics.

Usage notes

• Mainly used in the names of varieties of hepatitis, such as hep A, hep B, hep C, hep D, and hep E.

Etymology 2

Alteration of hip.

Noun

hep (plural heps)

1. (obsolete) A hip of a rose; a rosehip.

Etymology 3

US slang of unknown or disputed origin, first recorded 1903. Robert Gold suggested that it is a variant of hip, from white jazz fans’ mishearing African American musicians, but hep is attested earlier than hip. Jonathon Green suggests a connection to a 19th century interjection used to drive horses; compare gee up.

Adjective

hep (comparative more hep, superlative most hep)

1. (dated, US slang) Aware, up-to-date.
2. (dated, US slang) Cool, hip, sophisticated.

Derived terms

• hepcat
• hepster
• hip

Verb

hep (third-person singular simple present heps, present participle hepping, simple past and past participle hepped)

1. (dated, US slang) To make aware of.

Etymology 4

From German hep or Hepp-Hepp, an interjection used to attack Jewish people. The origin of the German source is unknown, but may come from a goatherd’s call.

Interjection

hep

1. (historical) A rallying cry in attacks on the Jewish people.

Noun

hep (uncountable)

1. (usually reduplicated) An instance of crying hep!, especially as a call to attack Jewish people.

References

Anagrams

• Eph, Eph., HPE, peh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skapa, related to hap.

Noun

hep f (indefinite plural hepa, definite singular hepi, definite plural hepat)

1. furrow, scratch

References

Related terms

• hap

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sek?o, from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“follow”). Cognate to Welsh heb

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hep/

Preposition

hep

1. without

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaps originally used with horses (in the sense "giddyup"), in which case possibly a shortening of hepo; ocmpare also hop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hep/, [?he?p]
• Rhymes: -ep
• Syllabification: hep

Interjection

hep!

1. (colloquial) go! (in ready, set, go)
2. (colloquial) used as a generic interjection to express desire or surprise or to attract attention to what is said after

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p/

Adverb

hep

1. altogether
2. always

Usage notes

This adverb can function as a pronoun, taking several possessive forms: hepimiz (“all of us”), hepiniz (“all of you”), and, irregularly, for the third person singular, hepsi (“all of it”). These forms may then also take case endings, just like regular pronouns.

Related terms

• hep beraber
• hep birlikte