Heide

• De Haej (near Venray, dialect spelling)

• (Venray) First attested as de Heijde in 1838-1857. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Friesland) First attested as De Heyde in 1718. Calque of West Frisian De Heide, derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Heumen) Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Montferland) First attested as Diemsche Heyde in 1729. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Echt-Susteren) First attested as Heijde in 1838-1857. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Leudal, Heythuysen) First attested as Heide in 1899. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”). See also Limburgish Hei, De Heihoezer.
• (Leudal, Roggel) First attested as Heide in 1835. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Roermond) First attested as Heijer huysen in the second half of the 17th century. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”). See also Limburgish De Hei.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.də/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯də
• Homophone: heide

Heide n

1. A village in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands

   Synonym: De Heide (Frisian, unofficial)

3. A hamlet in Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands
4. A hamlet in Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands
5. A hamlet in Echt-Susteren, Limburg, Netherlands
6. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands
7. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands
8. A hamlet in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle High German heide, from Old High German heida, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī. More at heath.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdə/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧de

Heide f (genitive Heide, plural Heiden)

1. heath, heathland
2. (regional) woodland, forest, usually coniferous forest (esp. pine) on barren, sandy soil^[1]
3. nation, country

• Haide

• Besenheide
• Heidekraut
• Heidelbeere
• Heidenangst

Heide m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Heides or (with an article) Heide, feminine genitive Heide, plural Heides or Heide)

1. a topographic surname

From Old High German heidano.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdə/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧de

Heide m (weak, genitive Heiden, plural Heiden, feminine Heidin)

1. heathen, pagan, Gentile / gentile
   • 1888 May 3, Friedrich Nietzsche, “An die Schwester in Paraguay”, in Friedrich Nietzsches Briefe an Mutter und Schwester, volume 5, part 2, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, published 1909, page 777:

     Ich bin der Enttäuschteste aller Wagnerianer, denn in dem Augenblick, wo es anständiger als je war Heide zu sein, wurde Wagner Christ.

     I am the most disappointed of all Wagnerians, for at that moment when it was more respectable than ever to be pagan, he turned Christian.

• heidnisch
• Heidentum

From the given name Adelheid.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdə/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧de

Heide f (genitive Heides or Heide)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Adelheid

• Heidemarie
• Heidi
• Heidrun

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdə/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧de

Heide n (proper noun, genitive Heides or (optionally with an article) Heide)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

• “Heide” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Heide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Heide (Pflanze, Landfläche)” in Duden online
• “Heide (Ungläubiger)” in Duden online
• “Heide (Vorname)” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛɪðə/, /ɦɛɪɾə/, /ɦaɪðə/, /ɦaɪɾə/

From Middle Low German heide f, from Old Saxon hētha, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī. More at heath.

• Heid

Heide f (plural Heiden)

1. heath

From Middle Low German heide m, from Old Saxon hēthan, hēthino (“heathen”), from Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz. More at heathen.

Heide m (plural Heiden)

1. heathen

Heide

1. plural of Heid