hej
See also: héj
Czech
Pronunciation
Interjection
hej
Danish
Pronunciation
Interjection
hej
Synonyms
- (hi): goddag
Antonyms
- (hi): farvel
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.[1]
Pronunciation
Interjection
hej
References
- ^ 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.)
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
hej
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Interjection
hej
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Particle
hej
- (colloquial) yeah, yep
- hey (exclamation)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Further reading
- “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, 2024
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
hej
- hi, hello
- Jag sa hej till din bror i mataffären igår.
- I said hi to your brother at the super market yesterday.
- Jag sa hej till din bror i mataffären igår.
- (less common) bye
Usage notes
Traditionally an informal greeting, in modern Swedish it is sometimes found in formal letters or e-mails, where in English Dear Sir or Madam would be preferred.
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