Oheim
German
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German and Old High German ōheim, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”). See also dialectal English eam.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editOheim m (strong, genitive Oheims or Oheimes, plural Oheime)
- (archaic) uncle
- Synonym: Onkel
- 1843, Heinrich Heine, “Brief an Julius Campe”, in Sämmtliche Werke, volume 20, Hamburg: Hofmann und Campe, published 1863, pages 364–365:
- Die Reise hat meinen Schädel ziemlich erschöpft, und (was Niemand glaubt) ich habe dort meinen Oheim für keinen Schilling in Anspruch genommen. Wir haben uns wechselseitig mit der größten Delikatesse behandelt.
- The journey rather exhausted my brain, and while there (though no one believes it) I didn't ask my uncle for a single schilling. We treated each other with the utmost delicacy.
- 1880, Johanna Spyri, Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre[1]:
- Auch wusste die Barbel gar nicht, warum der Alte von allen Leuten im Dörfli der Alm-Öhi genannt wurde, er konnte doch nicht der wirkliche Oheim von den sämtlichen Bewohnern sein; da aber alle ihn so nannten, tat sie es auch und nannte den Alten nie anders als Öhi, was die Aussprache der Gegend für Oheim ist.
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- (obsolete) maternal uncle; brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother
- Synonym: Onkel mütterlicherseits
Usage notes
edit- The usual form was Oheim in formal writing, but Ohm in speech. Both are now equally archaic outside dialects.
Declension
editDeclension of Oheim [masculine, strong]
Further reading
edit- “Oheim” in Duden online
- J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “Oheim”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition
- “Oheim” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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