hein

See also: héin

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hein, from the verb heinen (“to physically demarcate lands”) (modern heinen, also omheinen).

Noun

hein m (plural heinen, diminutive heintje n)

1. physical demarcation between fields or yards, like a fence, wall or ditch.

Related terms

• haag, heg, hagen, behagen, omhagen
• heinen, heining, omheinen, omheining, ijzerenheinig

Etymology 2

Noun

hein m (plural heinen, diminutive heintje n)

1. skinny person
2. skinny horse
3. personification of death

Derived terms

• Magere Hein

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haina, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śaina-. Cognate with Lithuanian šienas, Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Noun

hein (genitive heina, partitive heina)

1. hay

Declension

Declension of hein (type hein)

	singular	plural
nominative	hein	heinad
genitive	heina	heinte / heinade
partitive	heina	heinu / heinasid
illative	heina / heinasse	heintesse / heinadesse
inessive	heinas	heintes / heinades
elative	heinast	heintest / heinadest
allative	heinale	heintele / heinadele
adessive	heinal	heintel / heinadel
ablative	heinalt	heintelt / heinadelt
translative	heinaks	heinteks / heinadeks
terminative	heinani	heinteni / heinadeni
essive	heinana	heintena / heinadena
abessive	heinata	heinteta / heinadeta
comitative	heinaga	heintega / heinadega

Derived terms

• kastehein
• heinakuu

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Finnish

Noun

hein

1. Instructive plural form of he.

Anagrams

• hien

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French

Etymology

From earlier hen, heim, from Latin hem (“eh?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

Interjection

hein

1. huh, hey, eh

Further reading

• “hein” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haina.

Noun

hein

1. hay

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hem

Etymology

From Latin hem (“eh?”). Compare French hein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈẽj̃/

Interjection

hein?

1. (at the end of a sentence) huh? (used as a reinforcement of a question)

   Então, você gostou, hein?

   So, you like that, huh?

2. (used by itself) what? (used when one didn’t hear or understand something)

Interjection

hein?!

1. response to a statement that is unexpected or idiotic

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haina.

Noun

hein

1. grass
2. hay

Inflection

Inflection of hein
nominative sing.	hein
genitive sing.	heinän
partitive sing.	heinäd
partitive plur.	heinid
	singular	plural
nominative	hein	heinäd
accusative	heinän	heinäd
genitive	heinän	heiniden
partitive	heinäd	heinid
essive-instructive	heinän	heinin
translative	heinäks	heinikš
inessive	heinäs	heiniš
elative	heinäspäi	heinišpäi
illative	?	heinihe
adessive	heinäl	heinil
ablative	heinälpäi	heinilpäi
allative	heinäle	heinile
abessive	heinäta	heinita
comitative	heinänke	heinidenke
prolative	heinädme	heinidme
approximative I	heinänno	heinidenno
approximative II	heinännoks	heinidennoks
egressive	heinännopäi	heinidennopäi
terminative I	?	heinihesai
terminative II	heinälesai	heinilesai
terminative III	heinässai	—
additive I	?	heinihepäi
additive II	heinälepäi	heinilepäi

Derived terms

• čapatezhein
• hibuzhein
• hormhein
• imičhein
• kertihein
• kiz'uhein
• kortehein
• ludeghein
• maguhein
• omeghein
• porohein
• purdehein
• rujohein
• sohein
• tulleihein
• viluhein
• heinku
• heinlaineh
• heinnit
• heinänkuivadim
• heinännitim
• heinäntego

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “сено, трава”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika