-heim
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. (In northern Germany, from adaptation of Middle Low German and Old Saxon hēm, from the same Germanic source.) See German Heim, English home, -ham for more.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-heim n
- Placename suffix: Indicating a place of dwelling; home
Derived terms edit
- Allersheim
- Altheim
- Auenheim
- Bergheim
- Bischofsheim
- Blankenheim
- Bornheim
- Bubenheim
- Buchheim
- Büdesheim
- Burgheim
- Dalheim
- Dietersheim
- Dornheim
- Feldheim
- Forchheim
- Friedenheim
- Friedheim
- Friesenheim
- Griesheim
- Gundelsheim
- Herbolzheim
- Heuchelheim
- Hillesheim
- Hochheim
- Holzheim
- Horchheim
- Hundheim
- Hundsheim
- Kirchheim
- Krautheim
- Müggelheim
- Mühlheim
- Mülheim
- Müllheim
- Nauheim
- Neuheim
- Nordheim
- Oberthalheim
- Ostheim
- Reinheim
- Riedheim
- Rietheim
- Rodheim
- Schwanheim
- Schweinheim
- Sonnheim
- Sontheim
- Stammheim
- Steinheim
- Stockheim
- Stöckheim
- Talheim
- Thalheim
- Waldheim
- Weilheim
- Weinsheim
- Westheim
- Windheim
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From -heimr, -eimr, from heimr. Akin to English -ham.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
-heim m (definite singular -heimen, indefinite plural -heimar, definite plural -heimane)
- home
- Place-name suffix, variously indicating a settlement, farm or enclosure.