Word.ws English Dictionary

Hegseth

/ˈhɛɡ.sɛθ/

Hegseth proper noun: a surname from Norwegian.

Proper noun

Hegseth

  1. A surname from Norwegian.
    • As Trump formulated his first Cabinet following his 2016 win, he reportedly considered Hegseth to run the Department of Veterans Affairs. He again considered Hegseth when Secretary David Shulkin faced criticism before his ouster in 2018.2024 November 13, Meg Kinnard, “What to know about Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to serve as defense secretary”, in The Associated Press, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024

Origin of Hegseth

Borrowed from Norwegian Hegseth, from Old Norse Heggsetr, from heggr (“bird cherry tree”) + setr (“residence; pasture”).

Words formed from Hegseth

Questions about Hegseth

What does Hegseth mean?
Hegseth means a surname from Norwegian.
What part of speech is Hegseth?
Hegseth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hegseth?
Hegseth is pronounced /ˈhɛɡ.sɛθ/.

Words near Hegseth in the dictionary

  1. Hegirian
  2. Hegland
  3. Heglands
  4. Hegler
  5. Heglers
  6. Hegseth
  7. hegumen
  8. hegumene
  9. hegumenes
  10. hegumeness
  11. hegumenesses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hegseth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Hegseth.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hegseth. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.