hem
English
Etymology 1
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)
Pronunciation
Interjection
hem
- Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
Noun
hem (plural hems)
- An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
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- his morning hems
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Verb
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- To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
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- Hem, and stroke thy beard.
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Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm and related to Middle High German hemmen (“to hem in”), Old Norse hemja (“to hem in, restrain”). The Proto-Indo-European root gave rise also to Armenian քամել (kʻamel, “to press, wring”) and Russian ком (kom, “lump”).
The verb is from Middle English hemmen, from Old English *hemman, from Proto-Germanic *hamjaną, or alternatively derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
Noun
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hem (plural hems)
- (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
- A rim or margin of something.
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- hem of the sea
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- In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
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- (intransitive) (in sewing) To make a hem.
- (transitive): To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
- (transitive): To surround something or someone in a confining way.
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Etymology 3
From Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”, dative), originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well. More at 'em.
Pronoun
hem
- Obsolete form of 'em.
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- And wente to the kinge and to the queene, and said to hem with a glad cheer.
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- For eyther of hem mayntened.
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- He prayis hem to lyue releg[ious] lyff[is] and to luk waraly for the cummyng of the lord.
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- ‘What thinke you of this English, tel me I pray you.’ ‘It is a language that wyl do you good in England but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing.’ ‘Is it not used then in other countreyes?’ ‘No sir, with whom wyl you that they speake?’ ‘With English marchants.’ ‘English marchantes, when they are out of England, it liketh hem not, and they doo not speake it.
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- Tho to the greene wood they speeden hem all.
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- Except we make hem such.
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- They go forth on Holydays and gather hem by the seashore.
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- The mayor and alderman or any six of hem.
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Anagrams
Bislama
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronoun
hem
Catalan
Verb
hem
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hem, from Old Dutch himo, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hem
- (personal) Third-person singular, masculine, objective: him.
- Stuur dat maar naar hem.
- Send that to him.
- (personal) The tagger in a game of tag: it.
Inflection
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
hem n (genitive singular hems, nominative plural hem)
Declension
Verb
Template:is-verb form (weak)
Kurdish
Conjunction
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See also
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hem/, [hɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /em/, [ɛm]
Interjection
hem
Related terms
References
- “hem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch himo, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.
Pronoun
hem
- accusative/dative of hi
- dative of het
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch hin, from Proto-Germanic *himaz.
Pronoun
hem
- accusative/dative of si (“they”)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English heom, from Proto-Germanic *himaz, masculine and neuter dative plural of *hiz.
Pronoun
hem (nominative he)
- Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9–11.
- And smale foweles maken melodye, / That slepen al the nyght with open eye- / (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
- And many little birds make melody / That sleep through all the night with open eye / (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
- And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.
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- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9–11.
- (reflexive) themselves
Alternative forms
Descendants
See also
References
- “hem, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old English hemm. See English hem for more.
Noun
hem
Alternative forms
Descendants
References
- “hem, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Pronoun
hem
- Alternative form of him (“him”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
hem
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
Noun
hēm ?
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “hēm”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Pijin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronoun
hem
- he/she/it (third-person singular pronoun)
- 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu[1], page 75:
- Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.
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See also
Portuguese
Interjection
hem
- Rare form of hein.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hem
- home; to one's home
- Det är dags att gå hem.
- It is time to go home.
Noun
hem n
- a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.
- a home; an institution
Declension
Declension of hem | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hem | hemmet | hem | hemmen |
Genitive | hems | hemmets | hems | hemmens |
Related terms
Derived terms
- barndomshem
- barnhem
- fosterhem
- fritidshem
- föräldrahem
- gästhem
- hemadress
- hemarbetande
- hemarbete
- hembageri
- hembakad
- hembakt
- hembesök
- hembio
- hembiträde
- hembjuda
- hembrygd
- hembryggd
- hembränd
- hembrännare
- hembränning
- hembränt
- hembud
- hemby
- hembygd
- hembyggd
- hembygge
- hembära
- hembärning
- hemdator
- hemdragande
- hemelektronik
- hemfalla
- hemflyttad
- hemflyttning
- hemforsla
- hemforsling
- hemfrakt
- hemfrakta
- hemfraktning
- hemfrid
- hemfärd
- hemföra
- hemförhållanden
- hemföring
- hemförlossning
- hemförlova
- hemförlovning
- hemförsamling
- hemförskaffa
- hemförsäkring
- hemförsäljning
- hemgift
- hemgjord
- hemgående
- hemgång
- hemgången
- hemhjälp
- hemhjälpare
- hemhörighet
- hemifrån
- hemikring
- heminredare
- heminredning
- hemkalla
- hemkallelse
- hemkallning
- hemkatalog
- hemknutar
- hemkokt
- hemkommen
- hemkommun
- hemkomst
- hemkonsulent
- hemkunskap
- hemkänsla
- hemkär
- hemkärlek
- hemköp
- hemköra
- hemkörd
- hemkörning
- hemkört
- hemlagad
- hemland
- hemlandskap
- hemlig
- hemlik
- hemliv
- hemlov
- hemlån
- hemlånad
- hemlåning
- hemlän
- hemlängtan
- hemläxa
- hemlös
- hemlöshet
- hemma
- hemman
- hemmarsch
- hemmiljö
- hemnummer
- hemom
- hemomkring
- hemort
- hempermanent
- hempermission
- hempermittera
- hempermittering
- hemresa
- hemsamarit
- hemservice
- hemsida
- hemsjukvård
- hemskicka
- hemskickning
- hemskild
- hemskillnad
- hemskydd
- hemsläpa
- hemslöjd
- hemsnickrad
- hemsocken
- hemspråk
- hemspunnen
- hemstad
- hemstickad
- hemställa
- hemställan
- hemstöpt
- hemsydd
- hemsyssla
- hemsända
- hemsändning
- hemsöka
- hemsökelse
- hemsömmerska
- hemsömnad
- hemtagning
- hemtal
- hemtam
- hemteknisk
- hemterminal
- hemtextil
- hemtextilier
- hemtjänst
- hemtrakt
- hemtransport
- hemtransportera
- hemtrevlig
- hemtrevnad
- hemundervisning
- hemuppgift
- hemvan
- hemvist
- hemvård
- hemvårdare
- hemvårdarinna
- hemväg
- hemvända
- hemvärn
- hemvävd
- hemåt
- hemåtvändande
- sjukhem
- skolhem
- soldathem
- vandrarhem
- ålderdomshem
References
Turkish
Etymology
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Borrowing from Persian هم (ham).
Pronunciation
Adverb
hem
Conjunction
hem
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