"heks" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

IPA: /ɦɛks/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-heks.wav Forms: hekse [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch heks, from German Hexe, from Middle High German hecse, from Old High German hagzissa, from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|heks}} Dutch heks, {{der|af|de|Hexe}} German Hexe, {{der|af|gmh|hecse}} Middle High German hecse, {{der|af|goh|hagzissa}} Old High German hagzissa, {{der|af|gem-pro|*hagatusjō}} Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|hekse|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} heks (plural hekse), {{af-noun|e}} heks (plural hekse)
  1. witch (sorceress)
    Sense id: en-heks-af-noun-XGsnogR9 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 41 37 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 37 11 11
  2. (figurative, derogatory) witch (term of abuse for a woman) Tags: derogatory, figuratively
    Sense id: en-heks-af-noun-HfndFeV1 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 41 37 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 37 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heksery

Inflected forms

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      ],
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      ]
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    },
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    "Afrikaans terms derived from Old High German",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    }
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}

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