geheien

Etymology
From, from , related to.

The remarkable semantic development of this verb can be followed from Old High German through to modern German dialects; it goes: “to marry” → “to copulate, fuck” → “to rape” → “to plague” → “to hit” → “to throw”. The last sense is also found in 🇨🇬. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (“to marry”, in early modern Dutch also “to fuck, rape”). Also related with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to throw; to throw away
 * 2)  to plague; to trouble
 * 3)  to trouble oneself; to toil
 * 4)  to rape

Synonyms

 * (sech) ploen
 * (sech) ploen