UrsprungFrom either Low German *hüfschen or *höfschen, cognate of German hübschen (“make pretty”), from hübsch (“pretty”). Doublet of hövisk.
- to trim, to adjust, to clean up, to polish, to simplify
Formerhyfsar(present) · hyfsade(preterite) · hyfsat(supine) · hyfsa(imperative) · hyfsa(active, infinitive) · hyfsas(infinitive, passive) · hyfsat(active, supine) · hyfsats(passive, supine) · hyfsa(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · hyfsen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · hyfsar(active, indicative, present) · hyfsade(active, indicative, past) · hyfsas(indicative, passive, present) · hyfsades(indicative, passive, past) · hyfsa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · hyfsade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · hyfsas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · hyfsades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)