hetzen.
to chase; to pursue
Meaning & usage
to chase; to pursue
Die Hunde hetzen die Hasen.
to sic, to set upon
Die Jäger hetzen ihre Hunde auf die Hasen.
to agitate
Die Partei hetzt gegen Ausländer.
to be in a hurry, to hustle
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German hetzen, from Old High German hezzen (“to pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to hunt down, pursue, persecute, attack”).
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