Freund Hein

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “friend Hein”. Hein was originally a euphemism for the devil (compare English Old Nick); the open compound, sometimes falsely attributed to Matthias Claudius who used it in an edition of Der Wandsbecker Bothe in 1775, can be attested as far back as 1650.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɔʏ̯nt haɪ̯n/

Noun

Freund Hein m (strong, genitive Freundes Hein, no plural)

  1. (literary, poetic, euphemistic, allegorical, personification) death
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, “Ich kam von meiner Herrin Haus”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Da flucht ich den Weibern und reichen Halunken, / Und mischte mir Teufelskraut in den Wein, – / Und hab’ mit dem Tode Smollis getrunken, / Der sprach: Fiduzit, ich heiße Freund Hein!
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    • 1917, Görres-Gesellschaft, Vereinsschrift‎, →OCLC, page 20:
      In Hamburg erkrankte er an einem rheumatischen Fieber und einer Halsentzündung, so daß er bis zum 23. Juli festgehalten wurde, aufs sorgsamste gepflegt von seiner Gattin, die in ihrer überzärtlichen Besorgnis schon „vor dem Anklopfen des Freundes Hein“ bangte und bittere Tränen vergoß.
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Declension

Declension of Freund Hein
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Freund Hein
genitive eines des Freundes Hein
dative einem dem Freund Hein, Freunde Hein1
accusative einen den Freund Hein

1Now rare, see notes.

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Hein”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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