See also: heim-, Heim, and Héïm

Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem, also Albanian komb.

Noun

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heim n

  1. (Gressoney) home

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɛi̯m/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

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heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)

  1. Alternative form of heem

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

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Noun

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heim n (genitive singular heims, plural heim)

  1. home
  2. hostel
  3. asylum

Declension

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n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heim heimið heim heimini
accusative heim heimið heim heimini
dative heimi heiminum heimum heimunum
genitive heims heimsins heima heimanna
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Adverb

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heim (not comparable)

  1. home, homeward
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  • heim aftur (back home again)
  • heim til húsa (homward to the house)
  • heima (at home)
  • heiman (away from home)
  • ikki bera boðini heim (not return alive; not carry the message home)

German

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Etymology

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From Heim (home). Compare Middle High German heime (home, at home, adverb), from Old High German heime, heimi (home, at home, adverb).

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Adverb

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heim

  1. home; always as a direction, thus never in the sense of at home

Usage notes

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  • The adverb is used chiefly with verbs of movement, to which it is joined in spelling in infinite and sub-clause forms. (See derived terms below.) Uses independent from verbs are rare but not impossible. For example: der Weg heim zu Gott (“the way home to God”).
  • The frequency of heim varies by region. It is a very frequent word in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but is less common in central Germany and even quite rare in the north. These regions prefer nach Hause instead.

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Further reading

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  • heim” in Duden online
  • heim” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse heim (home, homewards), the accusative form of heimr (abode, world, land), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Adverb

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heim

  1. (towards) home
    Förum heim!
    Let's go home!
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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heim

  1. indefinite accusative singular of heimur

Limburgish

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch hêem, heim, from Old Dutch hēm.

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heim n

  1. home
  2. house

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Ludian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *haimo, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *šáimas. Cognates include Finnish heimo.

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heim

  1. tribe

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Norwegian heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (home, house, village), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (village, home), *tḱóymos (settlement, dwelling), from *tḱey- (to settle, dwell) + *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).

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heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimer, definite plural heimene)

  1. home
  2. nursing home, hostel
  3. world (rare)
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse heim.

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heim

  1. home
    Nå går vi heim.
    We go home now.
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse heim, heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

Noun

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heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimar, definite plural heimane)

  1. home
  2. nursing home, hostel
  3. world
  4. Place of origin or belonging, similar to German Heimat.
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Male given names:

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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse heim.

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heim

  1. home
    No går me heim.
    We go home now.

References

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  • “heim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “heim” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

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Etymology

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An accusative form of heimr (abode, world, land), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old High German heim, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).

Adverb

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heim

  1. home, homewards
    Flosi var allra manna glaðastr ok beztr heim at sækja.
    Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.

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Noun

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heim

  1. accusative singular indefinite of heimr m
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: heim
  • Faroese: heim
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heim
    • Norwegian Bokmål: heim
  • Swedish: hem
  • Danish: hjem
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hjem

References

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  • heim”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

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Interjection

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heim

  1. Rare form of hein.