Heroin
German
editEtymology 1
editInvented 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
editNoun
editHeroin 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
editDeclension of Heroin [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Descendants
editFurther 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
editFrom Heros + -in. Alteration of the variant Heroine, which is from Latin heroina.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHeroin f (genitive Heroin, plural Heroinnen)
- (learned, higher register) female hero
- Synonym: Heldin
- (theater) heroine, female protagonist
Declension
editDeclension of Heroin [feminine]
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “Heroin (Heldin)” in Duden online
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