heiden
See also: Heiden
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From Dutch heiden, from Middle Dutch heidin.
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heiden (plural heidene)
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From Middle Dutch heidin, a substantivised form of the adjective heidin (“pagan”), from heide (“heath”).
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heiden m (plural heidenen, diminutive heidentje n)
- heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
- gentile, non-Jew
- (figuratively) barbarian, Philistine in the uncivilised sense
- (obsolete, derogatory) gypsy (historical term for a Romani)
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- (person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion): ongelovige
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