Wiktionary

hej

See also: héj

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hej

  1. hey, hi (an exclamation to call attention, not a greeting)

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hɑj/, [hɑ̈j]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aj

Interjection edit

hej

  1. hi, hello
  2. (less common) bye

Synonyms edit

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of “hi”): farvel

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From Polish hej, English hey, German hei, Latin heus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [hej]
  • Hyphenation: hej

Interjection edit

hej

  1. (neologism, informal) hey

Greenlandic edit

Interjection edit

hej

  1. hi, hello

See also edit

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hej

  1. oh!
  2. hey!

References edit

  1. ^ hej in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading edit

  • (interjection expressing sorrow, dismay, amazement etc.): hej in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (interjection to attract attention): hej in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic. Compare Slovak hej.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hej

  1. hey (call for attention)
  2. (colloquial) hi, hey (greeting)
  3. (dialectal) yeah, yep
    Synonyms: ano, tak, jo

Further reading edit

  • hej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hej in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hej

  1. hi (greeting)
  2. hey (exclamation, call for attention)

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Compare Polish hej.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hej

  1. (colloquial) yeah, yep
    Synonym: áno
    Antonym: nie
  2. hey (exclamation)

Further reading edit

  • “hej”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hei.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hej

  1. hi, hello
    Jag sa hej till din bror i mataffären igår.
    I said hi to your brother at the super market yesterday.
    Hej hej.
    Hello hello.
  2. (less common) bye
    Synonym: hej då
    Vi syns, hej.
    See ya, bye.
    Hej hej.
    Bye bye.
  3. An expression of intensity (in some expressions); hey
    Hej vad det går!
    "Hey how it (stuff, like a party) goes!"
    • 1982, Gyllene Tider (lyrics and music), “Sommartider [Summer times]”:
      Sommartider, hej, hej, sommartider. Ge mig din hunger, ge mig din hand. Ge mig allt du vill och allt du kan. Sommartider, hej, hej, sommartider. Läppar mot läppar som tar mig i land. Som ger sommartider till varann.
      Summer times, hey, hey, summer times. Give me your hunger, give me your hand. Give me everything that you want and everything that you can. Summer times, hey, hey, summer times. Lips against lips, that take me ashore. That give summer times to each other.
  4. A filler, in some expressions; hey
    Hej och hå
    Hey ho

Usage notes edit

  • The most common greeting. Neutral in tone, like English hi, hello. The corresponding farewell hej då is similarly neutral, like English bye, goodbye.
  • Traditionally an informal greeting, in modern Swedish it is often found in formal letters or e-mails, where sometimes in English Dear Sir or Madam would be preferred.

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