Heroin
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
Invented as a brand name by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, which started marketing heroine in 1895. The name was coined to evoke heroisch (“heroic”), ultimately from Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Heroin n (strong, genitive Heroins, no plural)
- heroin
- Synonyms: Diacetylmorphin n, Diamorphin n
- 1982, “Ganz Wien”, in Einzelhaft, performed by Falco:
- Ganz Wien / Ist heit auf Heroin / Ganz Wien / Träumt mit Mozambin / Ganz Wien, Wien, Wien / Greift auch zu Kokain
- All of Vienna / Is on heroin the day / All of Vienna / Dreams with Mozambine / All of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna / Also uses cocaine
Declension edit
Declension of Heroin [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Heroin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Heroin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Heroin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Heroin (Droge)” in Duden online
Etymology 2 edit
From Heros + -in. Alteration of the variant Heroine, which is from Latin heroina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Heroin f (genitive Heroin, plural Heroinnen)
- (learned, higher register) female hero
- Synonym: Heldin
- (theater) heroine, female protagonist
Declension edit
Declension of Heroin [feminine]
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “Heroin (Heldin)” in Duden online