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See also: heim-, Heim, and Héïm

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem, also Albanian komb.

Noun

heim n

  1. (Gressoney) home

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛi̯m/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)

  1. Alternative form of heem

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

heim n (genitive singular heims, plural heim)

  1. home
  2. hostel
  3. asylum

Declension

n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heim heimið heim heimini
accusative heim heimið heim heimini
dative heimi heiminum heimum heimunum
genitive heims heimsins heima heimanna

Adverb

heim (not comparable)

  1. home, homeward
  • heim aftur (back home again)
  • heim til húsa (homward to the house)
  • heima (at home)
  • heiman (away from home)
  • ikki bera boðini heim (not return alive; not carry the message home)

German

Etymology

From Heim (home). Compare Middle High German heime (home, at home, adverb), from Old High German heime, heimi (home, at home, adverb).

Pronunciation

Adverb

heim

  1. home; always as a direction, thus never in the sense of at home

Usage notes

  • The adverb is used chiefly with verbs of movement, to which it is joined in spelling in infinite and sub-clause forms. (See derived terms below.) Uses independent from verbs are rare but not impossible. For example: der Weg heim zu Gott (“the way home to God”).
  • The frequency of heim varies by region. It is a very frequent word in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but is less common in central Germany and even quite rare in the north. These regions prefer nach Hause instead.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • heim” in Duden online
  • heim” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim (home, homewards), the accusative form of heimr (abode, world, land), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Adverb

heim

  1. (towards) home
    Förum heim!
    Let's go home!
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

heim

  1. indefinite accusative singular of heimur

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hêem, heim, from Old Dutch hēm.

Pronunciation

Noun

heim n

  1. home
  2. house

Derived terms

See also

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haimo, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *šáimas. Cognates include Finnish heimo.

Noun

heim

  1. tribe

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Norwegian heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (home, house, village), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (village, home), *tḱóymos (settlement, dwelling), from *tḱey- (to settle, dwell) + *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).

Noun

heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimer, definite plural heimene)

  1. home
  2. nursing home, hostel
  3. world (rare)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

Adverb

heim

  1. home
    Nå går vi heim.
    We go home now.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim, heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

Noun

heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimar, definite plural heimane)

  1. home
  2. nursing home, hostel
  3. world
  4. Place of origin or belonging, similar to German Heimat.
Derived terms

Male given names:

Female given names:

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

Adverb

heim

  1. home
    No går me heim.
    We go home now.

References

  • “heim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “heim” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Etymology

An accusative form of heimr (abode, world, land), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old High German heim, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).

Adverb

heim

  1. home, homewards
    Flosi var allra manna glaðastr ok beztr heim at sækja.
    Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.

Derived terms

Noun

heim

  1. accusative singular indefinite of heimr m

Descendants

  • Icelandic: heim
  • Faroese: heim
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heim
    • Norwegian Bokmål: heim
  • Swedish: hem
  • Danish: hjem
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hjem

References

  • heim”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Interjection

heim

  1. Rare form of hein.