heim

See also: heim-, Heim, and Héïm

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• haim, hemmu, hei

Etymology

From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem, also Albanian komb.

Noun

heim n

1. (Gressoney) home

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯m/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)

1. alternative form of heem

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haiːm/
• Rhymes: -aiːm

Noun

heim n (genitive singular heims, plural heim)

1. home
2. hostel
3. asylum

Declension

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

• 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

• heim aftur (“back home again”)
• heim til húsa (“homward to the house”)
• heima (“at home”)
• heiman (“away from home”)
• ikki bera boðini heim (“not return alive; not carry the message home”)

German

Etymology

From Heim (“home”). Compare Middle High German heime (“home, at home”, adverb), from Old High German heime, heimi (“home, at home”, adverb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯m/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯m

Adverb

heim

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

   Am Abend komm' ich dann auch gerne wieder heim.

   In the evening, I like to get back home again.

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 frequency 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

• 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”)
• heimsuchen (“inflict, haunt”)
• 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
• “heim”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈheiːm]
• Rhymes: -eiːm

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

heim

1. (towards) home

   Förum heim!

   Let's go home!

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• heimur

See also

• heima

Etymology 2

Noun

heim

1. indefinite accusative singular of heimur

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Héïm (Eupen)
• heem, Heem (Southeast Limburgish, East Limburgish)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hêem, heim, from Old Dutch hēm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛi̯m/
• Hyphenation: heim
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

heim n

1. home
2. house

Derived terms

• heives

See also

• hoes

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haimo, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *šáimas. Cognates include Finnish heimo.

Noun

heim

1. tribe, generation

   Mida heimod oled?

   Where are you from?

Declension

Declension of heim (type 4b/lepik, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	heim	heimod
genitive	heimon	heimoiden
partitive	heimod	heimoid
essive	heimon	heimoin
instructive	—	heimoin
inessive	heimos	heimoiš
elative	heimospiä	heimoišpiä
illative	heimoh	heimoihe
adessive	heimol	heimoil
ablative	heimolpiä	heimoilpiä
allative	heimole	heimoile
abessive	heimota	heimoita
prolative	heimoči	heimoiči
translative	heimoks	heimoikš
additive	heimohpiä	heimoihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

• heimkund
• heimolaine

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), “heim”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[2], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 44

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Middle Dutch hêem and Middle English hom.

Noun

heim n

1. home, house
2. one’s dwelling, housing

Inflection

Declension of heim (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	heim	die	heime
genitive	eines	dës	heimes	dër	heime
dative	eime	dëm	heime	dën	heimen
accusative	einen	dën	heim	die	heime

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Haa, Hai, Ham, Häi

  Italian Walser: haim, heim, hemmu, hei

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: hòam, huam (Tredici Comuni, Luserna), hame (Sappada, Sauris)

  Mòcheno: hoa'm

  Udinese: hame, hama

• German: Heim
• Luxembourgish: Heem
• Vilamovian: ham, hām, haom
• Yiddish: היים (heym)

Further reading

• “Heim”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hjem

Etymology 1

From Norwegian heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (“action/result noun forming suffix”).

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• aldersheim
• gamleheim
• heimeside
• heimlaus
• hvileheim
• kvileheim
• pleieheim
• sjukeheim
• sykeheim

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪːm/

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
4. Place of origin or belonging, similar to German Heimat.

Derived terms

• aldersheim
• gamleheim
• -heim
• heimeside
• heimlaus
• heimover
• kvileheim
• pleieheim
• sjukeheim

Related terms

• heime

Male given names:

• Heimar
• Heime
• Heimfast
• Heimgeir
• Heimgjest
• Heimkjell
• Heimmund
• Heimolv
• Heimram
• Heimvid

Female given names:

• Heimlaug

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

Adverb

heim

1. home

   No går me heim.

   We go home now.

References

• “heim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “heim” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old High German

Alternative forms

• heima

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Cognate with Old Dutch hēm, Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old Frisian hām; Old Norse heimr and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).

Noun

heim n

1. home, house
2. one’s dwelling, housing

Inflection

Declension of heim (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	heim	heim
accusative	heim	heim
genitive	heimes	heimo
dative	heime	heimum
instrumental	heimu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: heim
  • Alemannic German: Haa, Hai, Ham, Häi

    Italian Walser: haim, heim, hemmu, hei

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: hòam, huam (Tredici Comuni, Luserna), hame (Sappada, Sauris)

    Mòcheno: hoa'm

    Udinese: hame, hama

  • German: Heim
  • Luxembourgish: Heem
  • Vilamovian: ham, hām, haom
  • Yiddish: היים (heym)

Further reading

• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “-heim”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[4] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
• “Heim”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[5] (in German)

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”)

Noun

heim

1. accusative singular indefinite of heimr m

Related terms

• heimboð

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heim”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Portuguese

Interjection

heim

1. (rare) alternative spelling of hein

Further reading

• “heim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026