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heiden

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Etymology

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From Dutch heiden, from Middle Dutch heidin.

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Noun

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heiden (plural heidene)

  1. pagan, heathen, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
  2. gentile

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch heidin, a substantivised form of the adjective heidin (“pagan”), from heide (“heath”).

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Noun

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heiden m (plural heidenen, diminutive heidentje n)

  1. heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
  2. gentile, non-Jew
  3. (figuratively) barbarian, Philistine in the uncivilised sense
  4. (obsolete, derogatory) gypsy (historical term for a Romani)

Hypernyms

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  • (person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion): ongelovige

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: heiden
  • Negerhollands: heiden

Finnish

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Noun

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heiden

  1. genitive singular of heisi

Noun

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heiden

  1. genitive plural of he (“he (a letter of some Semitic alphabets)”)

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Pronoun

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heiden

  1. genitive of hö
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