heißen — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.

Senses

heißen is used for these senses in English:

• be called To have a specific name.
• call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

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