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See also: héj
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hej
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hej
Synonyms[edit]
- (hi): goddag
Antonyms[edit]
- (hi): farvel
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Polish hej, English hey, German hei, Latin heus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Interjection[edit]
hej
Greenlandic[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hej
See also[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An onomatopoeia.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hej
References[edit]
- ^ hej in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading[edit]
- (interjection expressing sorrow, dismay, amazement etc.): hej in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (interjection to attract attention): hej in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic. Compare Slovak hej.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hej
Further reading[edit]
- hej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hej in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hej
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
hej
- (colloquial) yeah, yep
- hey (exclamation)
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hej”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2023
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hej
- hi, hello
- Jag sa hej till din bror i mataffären igår.
- I said hi to your brother at the super market yesterday.
- (less common) bye
- Vi syns, hej.
- See ya, bye.
- Hej hej.
- Bye bye.
- Synonym: hej då
- An expression of intensity, in some expressions.
- Hej vad det går! ― "Hey how it (stuff, like a party) goes!"
- A filler, in some expressions.
- Hej och hå ― Hey ho
Usage notes[edit]
- The most common greeting. Neutral in tone, like English hi, hello. The corresponding farewell hej då is similarly neutral, like English bye, goodbye.
- Traditionally an informal greeting, in modern Swedish it is often found in formal letters or e-mails, where sometimes in English Dear Sir or Madam would be preferred.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- hälsa (“to greet”)
- hälsning
- hälsningsfras
- med vänliga hälsningar
See also (greetings)[edit]
- ey
- god morgon
- god middag
- god eftermiddag
- goddag
- god afton
- god kväll
- hallå
- hallå där
- halloj
- hej hopp
- hej hopp, gummisnopp
- hej på dig
- hejsan
- hejsan svejsan
- hejsan hoppsan
- morsning
- morsning korsning
- mors
- sho
- tjabba
- tja
- tjena
- tjenare
- tjenamors
- tjenis penis
- tjena mittbena
- tjenixen
- tjosan
- tjoflöjt
- tjohopp
- tjolahopp
- tjo
- var hälsad
See also (farewells)[edit]
References[edit]
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