hein

See also: héin

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hein, from the verb heinen (“to physically demarcate lands”) (modern heinen, also omheinen).

Noun

hein m (plural heinen, diminutive heintje n)

1. physical demarcation between fields or yards, like a fence, wall or ditch.

Related terms

• haag, heg, hagen, behagen, omhagen
• heinen, heining, omheinen, omheining, ijzerenheinig

Etymology 2

Noun

hein m (plural heinen, diminutive heintje n)

1. skinny person
2. skinny horse
3. personification of death

Derived terms

• Magere Hein

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Estonian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śaina-. Cognate with Lithuanian šienas, Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Noun

hein (genitive heina, partitive heina)

1. hay

Declension

Declension of hein (type hein)

	singular	plural
nominative	hein	heinad
genitive	heina	heinte / heinade
partitive	heina	heinu / heinasid
illative	heina / heinasse	heintesse / heinadesse
inessive	heinas	heintes / heinades
elative	heinast	heintest / heinadest
allative	heinale	heintele / heinadele
adessive	heinal	heintel / heinadel
ablative	heinalt	heintelt / heinadelt
translative	heinaks	heinteks / heinadeks
terminative	heinani	heinteni / heinadeni
essive	heinana	heintena / heinadena
abessive	heinata	heinteta / heinadeta
comitative	heinaga	heintega / heinadega

Derived terms

• kastehein
• heinakuu

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Finnish

Noun

hein

1. (deprecated template usage) instructive plural of he

Anagrams

• hien

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French

Etymology

From earlier hen, heim, from Latin hem (“eh?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

Interjection

hein

1. huh, hey, eh

Further reading

• “hein”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Ludian

Etymology

From .

Noun

hein

1. hay

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hem

Etymology

From Latin hem (“eh?”). Compare French hein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈẽj̃/

Interjection

1. (at the end of a sentence) huh? (used as a reinforcement of a question)

   Então, você gostou, hein?

   So, you like that, huh?

2. (used by itself) what? (used when one didn’t hear or understand something)

Interjection

1. response to a statement that is unexpected or idiotic

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Veps

Etymology

From .

Noun

hein

1. grass
2. hay

Derived terms

• čapatezhein
• hibuzhein
• hormhein
• imičhein
• kertihein
• kiz'uhein
• kortehein
• ludeghein
• maguhein
• omeghein
• porohein
• purdehein
• rujohein
• sohein
• tulleihein
• viluhein
• heinku
• heinlaineh
• heinnit
• heinänkuivadim
• heinännitim
• heinäntego

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “сено, трава”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika