Heineken
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Heineken.
Proper noun
Heineken (plural Heinekens)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Heineken is the 85049th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 220 individuals. Heineken is most common among White (91.36%) individuals.
Noun
Heineken (plural Heinekens)
- (informal) Anything that reaches parts that other things cannot (after a slogan for the Heineken brand of beer).
- 2002, John Mohan, Planning, Markets and Hospitals, page 205:
- Some prominent advocates have therefore suggested that PFI is the 'Heineken' of privatisation, reaching hitherto untouched parts of the government machine (Kerr 1998: 18).
- 2013, Windy Dryden, Rationality and Pluralism:
- For me REBT is the Heineken of therapies, reaching humorous parts of myself that other therapies cannot reach.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heineken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156.
German
Etymology
Proper noun
Heineken m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Heinekens or (with an article) Heineken, feminine genitive Heineken, plural Heinekens or Heineken)
Descendants
- English: Heineken