Heimweg

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German

Etymology

heim (“home”) +‎ Weg (“way”)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Heim‧weg

Noun

Heimweg m (strong, genitive Heimweges or Heimwegs, plural Heimwege)

  1. way home
    Synonym: Nachhauseweg
    • 1910, Frances Külpe, Rote Tage, S. Schottländers Schlesische Verlagsanstalt, page 77:
      Es dunkelte bereits, als der Kandidat seinen Heimweg antrat.
      It already started getting dark, when the candidate went on his way home.

Declension

Declension of Heimweg
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Heimweg die Heimwege
genitive eines des Heimweges, Heimwegs der Heimwege
dative einem dem Heimweg, Heimwege1 den Heimwegen
accusative einen den Heimweg die Heimwege

1Now rare, see notes.

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