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Heft.

notebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɛft/
  1. notebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written)

    neuter · strong
  2. notepad, writing pad (pad of paper on which one jots down notes)

    neuter · strong
  3. exercise book (booklet for students, containing problems and exercises, or blank pages for writing answers)

    neuter · strong
  4. number, issue (single edition of a periodical publication)

    neuter · strong
  5. magazine (non-academic periodical publication)

    neuter · strong
  6. comic (magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories)

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

18th-century backformation from heften (“to fasten”), from *haftijaną (“to bind, secure”).

noun/hɛft/
  1. haft; handle (of a weapon or certain tools)

    historical · literary · neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hefte, from Old High German hefti, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją (“handle, grip”). Cognate with Dutch heft, English haft.

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