# das Heft

das Heft is a German noun meaning “notebook”. Forms: des Heftes, die Hefte.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Heftes
- Plural: die Hefte

## In other languages

- Русский: тетрадь

## Noun

1. notebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written)
2. notepad, writing pad (pad of paper on which one jots down notes)
3. exercise book (booklet for students, containing problems and exercises, or blank pages for writing answers)
4. number, issue (single edition of a periodical publication)
5. magazine (non-academic periodical publication)
6. comic (magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories)

## Noun

1. _historical · literary_ haft; handle (of a weapon or certain tools)

## Examples

- Ich habe schon wieder mein Heft vergessen. — I forgot my notebook again.
- Schreib dir das, was an der Tafel steht, in dein Heft! — Copy what's on the blackboard into your notebook.
- Tom warf seine alten Hefte weg. — Tom threw his old notebooks away.
- Er öffnete das Heft. — He opened the notebook.
- Das Heft von Sir Thomas’ Schwert schmückte ein aufwändiges Blattsilberdekor. — The hilt of Sir Thomas' sword was intricately decorated with silver leaf.

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