Heimat

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German heimuoti.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈhaɪ̯maːt]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Hei‧mat

Noun [edit]

Heimat f (genitive Heimat, plural Heimaten) (plural rare)

  1. home, homeland
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 13–14:
      Ländlich bodenständige Kinder waren die drei und wurzelten mit allen Herzensfasern in dem Stückchen Erde, das sie Heimat nannten.
      The three of them were rural down-home children and were rooted with all fibres of the heart in the little piece of soil that they called home.
  2. native country
  3. home town, home village

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