hej

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Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

hej

  1. hey, hi (an exclamation to call attention, not a greeting)

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hɑj/, [hɑ̈j]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aj

Interjection[edit]

hej

  1. hi, hello
  2. (less common) bye

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Polish hej, English hey, German hei, Latin heus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [hej]
  • Hyphenation: hej

Interjection[edit]

hej

  1. (neologism, informal) hey

Greenlandic[edit]

Interjection[edit]

hej

  1. hi, hello

See also[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

hej

  1. oh!
  2. hey!

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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

  1. hey (call for attention)
  2. (colloquial) hi, hey (greeting)
  3. (dialectal) yeah, yep
    Synonyms: ano, tak, jo

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

  1. hi (greeting)
  2. hey (exclamation, call for attention)

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Polish hej.

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

hej

  1. (colloquial) yeah, yep
  2. 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]

From Old Norse hei.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

hej

  1. hi, hello
    Jag sa hej till din bror i mataffären igår.
    I said hi to your brother at the super market yesterday.
  2. (less common) bye
    Vi syns, hej.
    See ya, bye.
    Hej hej.
    Bye bye.
    Synonym: hej då
  3. An expression of intensity, in some expressions.
    Hej vad det går! ― "Hey how it (stuff, like a party) goes!"
  4. 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]

See also (greetings)[edit]

See also (farewells)[edit]

References[edit]

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