Heide

See also: heide

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (near Venray) De Haej (dialect spelling)

Etymology

• (Venray) First attested as de Heijde in 1838-1857. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Friesland) First attested as De Heyde in 1718. Calque of West Frisian De Heide, derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Heumen) Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Montferland) First attested as Diemsche Heyde in 1729. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Echt-Susteren) First attested as Heijde in 1838-1857. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Leudal, Heythuysen) First attested as Heide in 1899. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”). See also Limburgish Hei, De Heihoezer.
• (Leudal, Roggel) First attested as Heide in 1835. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”).
• (Roermond) First attested as Heijer huysen in the second half of the 17th century. Derived from heide (“heath, heathland”). See also Limburgish De Hei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.də/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯də
• Homophone: heide

Proper noun

Heide n

1. A village in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.

   Synonym: De Heide (Frisian, unofficial)

3. A hamlet in Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands.
4. A hamlet in Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands.
5. A hamlet in Echt-Susteren, Limburg, Netherlands.
6. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.
7. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.
8. A hamlet in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands.

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German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German heide, from Old High German heida, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī. More at heath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdə/

• (file)

Noun

Heide f (genitive Heide, plural Heiden)

1. heath, heathland
2. (regional) woodland, forest, usually coniferous forest (esp. pine) on barren, sandy soil

Declension

Declension of Heide [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Heide	die	Heiden
genitive	einer	der	Heide	der	Heiden
dative	einer	der	Heide	den	Heiden
accusative	eine	die	Heide	die	Heiden

Alternative forms

• Haide

Related terms

• Besenheide
• Heidekraut
• Heidelbeere
• Heidenangst

Proper noun

Heide m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Heides or (with an article) Heide, feminine genitive Heide, plural Heides or Heide)

1. a topographic surname

Etymology 2

From Old High German heidano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdə/

Noun

Heide m (weak, genitive Heiden, plural Heiden, feminine Heidin)

1. heathen, pagan, Gentile / gentile
   • 1888 May 3, Friedrich Nietzsche, “An die Schwester in Paraguay”, in Friedrich Nietzsches Briefe an Mutter und Schwester, volume 5, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, published 1909, page 777:

     Ich bin der Enttäuschteste aller Wagnerianer, denn in dem Augenblick, wo es anständiger als je war Heide zu sein, wurde Wagner Christ.

     I am the most disappointed of all Wagnerians, for at that moment when it was more respectable than ever to be pagan, he turned Christian.

Declension

Declension of Heide [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Heide	die	Heiden
genitive	eines	des	Heiden	der	Heiden
dative	einem	dem	Heiden	den	Heiden
accusative	einen	den	Heiden	die	Heiden

Related terms

• heidnisch
• Heidentum

Etymology 3

From the given name Adelheid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdə/

Proper noun

Heide f (genitive Heides or Heide)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Adelheid

Related terms

• Heidemarie
• Heidi
• Heidrun

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Heide n (proper noun, genitive Heides or (optionally with an article) Heide)

1. A municipality of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Further reading

• “Heide” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Heide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Heide (Pflanze, Landfläche)” in Duden online
• “Heide (Ungläubiger)” in Duden online
• “Heide (Vorname)” in Duden online

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German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛɪðə/, /ɦɛɪɾə/, /ɦaɪðə/, /ɦaɪɾə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German heide f, from Old Saxon hētha, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī. More at heath.

Alternative forms

• Heid

Noun

Heide f (plural Heiden)

1. heath

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German heide m, from Old Saxon hēthan, hēthino (“heathen”), from Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz. More at heathen.

Noun

Heide m (plural Heiden)

1. heathen

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Pennsylvania German

Noun

Heide

1. plural of Heid