heim

See also: Heim and Héïm

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

haim, hemmu, hei

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

(Gressoney) home

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Noun

heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)

Alternative form of heem

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haiːm/
Rhymes: -aiːm

Noun

heim n (genitive singular heims, plural heim)

Declension

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

Related terms

barnaheim (“children's home”)
ellisheim (“nursing home”)
frítíðarheim (“school children's home for the afternoon”)
heimur (“world”)
hvíldarheim (“rehabilitation home”)
lærlingaheim (“trainee's home”)
sjómansheim (“sailor's home”)
vallaraheim (“hostel”)

Adverb

heim (not comparable)

home, homeward

Related terms

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

IPA^(key): /haɪ̯m/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ̯m

Adverb

heim

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

daheim (“at home”)
du fährst heim (“you drive home”) (see heimfahren)
er kehrt heim (“he returns home”) (see heimkehren)
Heim (“home”)
Heimat (“homeland”)
heimkommen (“come home”)
heimlich (“stealthily”)
heimsuchen (“inflict, haunt”)
Heimweg
ich gehe heim (“I go home”) (see heimgehen)
sie reist heim (“she travels home”) (see heimreisen)
wir zahlen heim (“we retaliate”) (see heimzahlen)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -eiːm

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

heim

(towards) home
Förum heim!
Let's go home!

Derived terms

fara heim (“to go home”)
bjóða einhverjum heim (“to invite somebody home”)
sækja heim (“to visit”) (confer heimsækja)
það kemur heim og saman (“that is correct”)

Related terms

heimur

Etymology 2

Noun

heim

indefinite accusative singular of heimur

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Héïm (Eupen)
heem, Heem (Southeast Limburgish, East Limburgish)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hêem, heim, from Old Dutch hēm, heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛi̯m/
Hyphenation: heim
Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

heim n

home
house

Derived terms

heives

Ludian

Etymology

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

Noun

heim

tribe

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

hjem

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”).