heden

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

heden c

  1. definite singular of hede

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch heden, also hude, huden, from Old Dutch hiudo, a contraction of the instrumental phrase *hiu dago (on this day), from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (*hiz + *dagaz). The appearance of the vowel -e- is unusual, the expected form in modern Dutch would be *huide(n), compare huidig.

Cognate with Old Saxon hiudu, hūdigu, German heute, West Frisian hjoed, Old English hēodæg.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.də(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: he‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən

Adverb[edit]

heden

  1. (rare) today
  2. presently

Noun[edit]

heden n (uncountable)

  1. the present
    We moeten in het heden leven, niet in het verleden.
    We must live in the present, not in the past.

Derived terms[edit]

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hadinaz, *hidanaz (compare *hōdaz (hood)), cognate with Old Norse héðinn.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈxe.den/, [ˈhe.den]

Noun[edit]

heden m

  1. hood, chasuble

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish heþin, from Old Norse heiðinn.

Adjective[edit]

heden

  1. heathen

Declension[edit]

Inflection of heden
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular heden mer heden mest heden
Neuter singular hedet mer hedet mest hedet
Plural hedna mer hedna mest hedna
Masculine plural3 hedne mer hedna mest hedna
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hedne mer hedne mest hedne
All hedna mer hedna mest hedna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun[edit]

heden

  1. definite singular of hed

Anagrams[edit]