heim

See also: Heim

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)

1. Alternative form of heem

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haim]

Noun

heim n (genitive singular heims, plural heim)

1. home
2. hostel
3. asylum

Declension

Declension of heim
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heim	heimið	heim	heimini
accusative	heim	heimið	heim	heimini
dative	heimi	heiminum	heimum	heimunum
genitive	heims	heimsins	heima	heimanna

Related terms

Related terms

• barnaheim (“children's home”)
• ellisheim (“nursing home”)
• frítíðarheim (“school children's home for the afternoon”)

• heimur (“world”)
• hvíldarheim (“rehabilitation home”)
• lærlingaheim (“trainee's home”)

• sjómansheim (“sailor's home”)
• vallaraheim (“hostel”)

Adverb

heim (not comparable)

1. home, homeward

Related terms

Related terms

• heima (“at home”)
• heim aftur (“back home again”)

• heiman (“away from home”)
• heim til húsa (“homward to the house”)

• ikki bera boðini heim (“not return alive; not carry the message home”)

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German

Etymology

From Heim (“home”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯m/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯m

Adverb

heim

1. home; always as a direction, thus never in the sense of at home

Usage notes

• The adverb is used chiefly with verbs of movement, to which it is joined in spelling in infinite and sub-clause forms. (See derived terms below.) Uses independent from verbs are rare but not impossible. For example: der Weg heim zu Gott (“the way home to God”).
• The frequence of heim varies by region. It is a very frequent word in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but is less common in central Germany and even quite rare in the north. These regions prefer nach Hause instead.

Derived terms

Terms derived from heim

• daheim (“at home”)
• du fährst heim (“you drive home”) (see heimfahren)
• er kehrt heim (“he returns home”) (see heimkehren)
• Heim (“home”)

• Heimat (“homeland”)
• heimkommen (“come home”)
• heimlich (“stealthily”)
• Heimweg

• ich gehe heim (“I go home”) (see heimgehen)
• sie reist heim (“she travels home”) (see heimreisen)
• wir zahlen heim (“we retaliate”) (see heimzahlen)

Further reading

• heim in Duden online

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Adverb

heim

1. home

Derived terms

• fara heim (“to go home”)
• bjóða einhverjum heim (“to invite somebody home”)
• sækja heim (“to visit”) (confer heimsækja)
• það kemur heim og saman (“that is correct”)

Related terms

• heimur

Etymology 2

Noun

heim

1. indefinite accusative singular of heimur

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Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hêem, heim, from Old Dutch hēm, heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Noun

heim n

1. home
2. house

Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	heim	heimer	heimke	heimkes
Genitive	heims	heimer	heimkes	heimkes
Locative	heives	heiveser	heiveske	heiveskes
Dative¹	heivem	heimer	heivemske	heivemskes
Accusative¹	heim	heimern	heimke	heimkes

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

See also

• hoes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hjem

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Noun

heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimer, definite plural heimene)

1. home
2. nursing home, hostel
3. world (rare)

Derived terms

• heimeside

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

Adverb

heim

1. home

   Nå går vi heim.

   We go home now.

Related terms

• heime

References

• “heim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæɪm/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

Noun

heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimar, definite plural heimane)

1. home
2. nursing home, hostel
3. world

Derived terms

• heimeside

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

Adverb

heim

1. home

   No går me heim.

   We go home now.

Related terms

• heime

References

• “heim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

An accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old High German heim, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).

Adverb

heim

1. home, homewards

   Flosi var allra manna glaðastr ok beztr heim at sækja.

   Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.

Derived terms

• bæta heim fyrir sér (“to make for one's soul's weal”)
• bjóða heim (“to bid one to a feast”) (confer heimboð)
• fara heim (“to return home, go home”)
• fara heim á leið
• sækja heim (“to visit; to attack somebody”)

Related terms

• heimboð

Descendants

• Icelandic: heim
• Faroese: heim
• Norwegian: heim
  • Bokmål: hjem
• Swedish: hem
• Danish: hjem

References

• heim in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• haim, häim

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [héɪ̯ːm], [háɪ̯ːm]

  Rhymes: -éɪ̯ːm

Noun

heim n

1. home
2. whereabouts

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

Adverb

heim

1. home

   Jig går haim.

   I'm going home.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse heima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hèɪ̯ːm], [hàɪ̯ːm]

  Rhymes: -èɪ̯ːm

Adverb

hêim

1. at home

   Han jär int haim.

   He is not home.

   Hvórs jär du haim?

   Where do you live?

   Ji vait int hódt’n jär heim.

   I know not whether he's home.

Derived terms

• heima
• heimanätt
• heimat
• heimät
• heimärvä

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “heim, haim, häim”, “heim, haim”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 250, 251