heathen

See also Heathen

English

Etymology

Germanic: from Old English hǣþen, akin to heath on the moor, the poor, 'wild' countryside; cognate with Dutch heiden, German Heide.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːðən

Adjective

heathen (not comparable)

1. not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
2. (by extension) uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
3. Alternative capitalization of Heathen (pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).

Translations

not adhering to an Abrahamic religion

• Afrikaans: heidens (af), ongelowig (af)
• Armenian: հեթանոսական (hy) (het’anosakan)
• Aromanian: pãngãn (rup)
• Dutch: heidens, ongelovig
• Finnish: pakanallinen (fi)
• French: païen (fr)
• German: heidnisch (de)
• Icelandic: heiðinn (is) m

• Italian: pagano (it) m
• Mandarin: 異教的 (cmn) (yi jiao de)
• Portuguese: pagão (pt)
• Romanian: păgân (ro)
• Russian: языческий (ru) (jazyčeskij)
• Spanish: pagano (es)
• Swedish: hednisk (sv)
• Turkish: putperest (tr), pagan (tr)

savage

• Afrikaans: barbaars (af)
• Dutch: barbaars, heidens, onbeschaafd
• Finnish: pakanallinen (fi)

• Icelandic: heiðinn (is) m
• Italian: pagano (it)
• Russian: дикий (ru) (dikij)

Heathen — see Heathen

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• Icelandic: heiðinn

Noun

heathen (plural heathen or heathens)

1. A person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan.
   • V. Knox

     If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.

2. (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
3. Alternative capitalization of Heathen (an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).

Derived terms

• heathendom
• heathenish
• heathenism
• heathenize
• heathenness

Translations

person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion

• Afrikaans: heiden (af), heidene (af) pl, ongelowige (af), ongelowiges (af) pl
• Armenian: հեթանոս (hy) (het’anos)
• Dutch: heiden (nl) m and f, ongelovige (nl)
• Finnish: pakana (fi)
• German: Heide (de) m
• Greek: ειδωλολάτρης (el) (eidololátris) m
• Mandarin: 異教徒 (cmn) (yi jiao tu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hedning (nb) m

  Nynorsk: heidning (nn) m

• Polish: poganin (pl) m
• Portuguese: pagão (pt) m
• Romanian: păgân (ro)
• Russian: язычник (ru) (jazyčnik)
• Spanish: pagano (es) m
• Swedish: hedning (sv) c

uncultured or uncivilized person

• Afrikaans: barbaar (af), barbare (af) pl
• Dutch: barbaar m, filistijn f
• Finnish: pakana (fi)
• Greek: ακαλλιέργητος (el) (akalliérgitos)

• Portuguese: bárbaro (pt) m
• Russian: дикарь (ru) (dikarʹ)
• Swedish: barbar (sv) c, vilde (sv) c

Heathen — see Heathen

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• French: infidèle, païen m
• Greek: αγαρηνός, agari̱nós
• Icelandic: heiðingi m
• Italian: pagano m

• Slovak: pohan m
• Swedish: hedning c