hjemme

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish hemæ, hemmæ, from Old Norse heima (“at home”), an adverb from the noun heimr. Compare Swedish hemma, English at home, German daheim.

Pronunciation

Adverb

hjemme

  1. at home, home (in the place where one belongs, in a static position)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemme

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish hjemme (“at home, home”), from Old Danish hemæ, hemmæ, from Old Norse heima, genitive indefinite plural form of heimr (“realm, region, village, home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) +‎ *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

hjemme

  1. at home

Derived terms

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