heen

See also: héen

Alemannic German edit

Alternative forms edit

haa, ha, hoh, hä, häbä, hè

Etymology edit

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb edit

heen

(Issime) to have

References edit

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɦeːn/
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Hyphenation: heen
Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch henen (“away from here, hence”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb edit

heen

away
Antonym: vandaan

De baron gaf den koetsier een wenk en het rijtuig rolde heen.
The baron gave the coachman a sign and the carriage rolled away.
(postpositional) to, towards
Waar ga ik heen?
Where am I going?
(slang) gone, outside the boundaries of the norms
Hij was echt ver heen toen.
He was already too far gone. (could imply being drunk or having lost his mind)

Inflection edit

Pronominal adverbs of heen

preposition	—
postpositional adv.	heen
+ het (it)	erheen
+ dit (this)	hierheen
+ dat (that)	daarheen
+ wat (what)	waarheen
+ iets (something)	ergens heen
+ niets (nothing)	nergens heen
+ alles (everything)	overal heen

Derived terms edit

Bolboschoenus maritimus

Descendants edit

Jersey Dutch: hên
Negerhollands: hen

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

heen n (uncountable)

sea clubrush, Bolboschoenus maritimus
Synonym: zeebies