Heim

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English

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Heim (surname)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heim.

Proper noun

Heim (plural Heims)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Heim is the 2513^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14414 individuals. Heim is most common among White (91.66%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heim”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 155.

German

Etymology

From Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haɪ̯m/
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Rhymes: -aɪ̯m

Noun

Heim n (strong, genitive Heimes or Heims, plural Heime)

Declension

Declension of Heim

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Heim	die	Heime
genitive	eines	des	Heimes, Heims	der	Heime
dative	einem	dem	Heim, Heime¹	den	Heimen
accusative	ein	das	Heim	die	Heime

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

“Heim” in Duden online
“Heim” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Heim n (plural Heima or Heims)

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