hej
See also: héj
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hej
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hej
Synonyms Edit
- (hi): goddag
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- (hi): farvel
Esperanto Edit
Etymology Edit
From Polish hej, English hey, German hei, Latin heus.
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hej
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Hungarian Edit
Etymology Edit
An onomatopoeia.[1]
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hej
References Edit
- ^ hej in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading Edit
- (interjection expressing sorrow, dismay, amazement etc.): hej in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (interjection to attract attention): hej in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Polish Edit
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Onomatopoeic. Compare Slovak hej.
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Slovak Edit
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hej
- (colloquial) yeah, yep
- hey (exclamation)
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- hej in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish Edit
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hej
- hi, hello
- Jag sa hej till din bror i mataffären igår.
- I said hi to your brother at the super market yesterday.
- (less common) bye
- Synonym: hej då
- An expression of intensity, in some expressions.
- Hej vad det går! ― "Hey how it (stuff, like a party) goes!"
- A filler, in some expressions.
- Hej och hå ― Hey ho
Usage notes Edit
- The most common greeting. Neutral in tone, like English hi, hello. The corresponding farewell hej då is similarly neutral, like English bye, goodbye.
- Traditionally an informal greeting, in modern Swedish it is often found in formal letters or e-mails, where sometimes in English Dear Sir or Madam would be preferred.
See also Edit
- hälsa (“to greet”)
- hälsning
- hälsningsfras
- med vänliga hälsningar
See also (greetings) Edit
- ey
- god morgon
- god middag
- god eftermiddag
- goddag
- god afton
- god kväll
- hallå
- hallå där
- halloj
- hej hopp
- hej hopp, gummisnopp
- hej på dig
- hejsan
- hejsan svejsan
- hejsan hoppsan
- morsning
- morsning korsning
- mors
- sho
- tjabba
- tja
- tjena
- tjenare
- tjenamors
- tjenis penis
- tjena mittbena
- tjenixen
- tjosan
- tjoflöjt
- tjohopp
- tjolahopp
- tjo
- var hälsad