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Heft

exercise book

noun HEFT Rare
People & Society Education

Origin: from heften (to fasten, staple)

Also means

notebook

Usage Note

Heft is a thin stapled exercise book pupils write in, as opposed to the bound Buch. It also means a single issue of a magazine. The diminutive Heftchen and the compound Schulheft are common. The neuter plural is Hefte.

Examples

"Schreibt das bitte in euer Heft."

Natural Translation

Please write that in your exercise book.

Literal Translation

Write that please in your book.

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