heim

heim

See also: heim-, Heim, and Héïm

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem, also Albanian komb.

Noun

heim n

  1. (Gressoney) home

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛi̯m/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)

  1. alternative form of heem

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haiːm/
  • Rhymes: -aiːm

Noun

heim n (genitive singular heims, plural heim)

  1. home
  2. hostel
  3. asylum

Declension

n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heim heimið heim heimini
accusative heim heimið heim heimini
dative heimi heiminum heimum heimunum
genitive heims heimsins heima heimanna
  • barnaheim (“children's home”)
  • ellisheim (“nursing home”)
  • frítíðarheim (“school children's home for the afternoon”)
  • heimur (“world”)
  • hvíldarheim (“rehabilitation home”)
  • lærlingaheim (“trainee's home”)
  • sjómansheim (“sailor's home”)
  • vallaraheim (“hostel”)

Adverb

heim (not comparable)

  1. home, homeward
  • heim aftur (“back home again”)
  • heim til húsa (“homward to the house”)
  • heima (“at home”)
  • heiman (“away from home”)
  • ikki bera boðini heim (“not return alive; not carry the message home”)

German

Etymology

From Heim (“home”). Compare Middle High German heime (“home, at home”, adverb), from Old High German heime, heimi (“home, at home”, adverb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɪ̯m/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯m

Adverb

heim

  1. home, to the house; always as a direction, thus never in the sense of at home
    Am Abend komm' ich dann auch gerne wieder heim.
    In the evening, I like to get back home again.

Usage notes

  • The adverb is used chiefly with verbs of movement, to which it is joined in spelling in infinite and sub-clause forms. (See derived terms below.) Uses independent from verbs are rare but not impossible. For example: der Weg heim zu Gott (“the way home to God”).
  • The frequency of heim varies by region. It is a very frequent word in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but is less common in central Germany and even quite rare in the north. These regions prefer nach Hause instead.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “heim” in Duden online
  • “heim”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [heiːm]
  • Rhymes: -eiːm

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Adverb

heim

  1. (towards) home
    Förum heim!
    Let's go home!
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

heim

  1. indefinite accusative singular of heimur

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hêem, heim, from Old Dutch hēm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛi̯m/
  • Hyphenation: heim
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Noun

heim n

  1. home
  2. house

Derived terms

See also

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haimo, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *šáimas. Cognates include Finnish heimo.

Noun

heim

  1. tribe, generation
    Mida heimod oled?
    Where are you from?

Declension

Declension of heim (type 4b/lepik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative heim heimod
genitive heimon heimoiden
partitive heimod heimoid
essive heimon heimoin
instructive — heimoin
inessive heimos heimoiš
elative heimospiä heimoišpiä
illative heimoh heimoihe
adessive heimol heimoil
ablative heimolpiä heimoilpiä
allative heimole heimoile
abessive heimota heimoita
prolative heimoči heimoiči
translative heimoks heimoikš
additive heimohpiä heimoihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

  • heimkund
  • heimolaine

References

  • M. Pahomov (2022), “heim”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎[2], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 44

Middle High German

Etymology

    From Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Middle Dutch hêem and Middle English hom.

    Noun

    heim n

    1. home, house
    2. one’s dwelling, housing

    Inflection

    Declension of heim (strong masculine without umlaut)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër heim die heime
    genitive eines dës heimes dër heime
    dative eime dëm heime dën heimen
    accusative einen dën heim die heime

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • “Heim”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    Etymology 1

    From Norwegian heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (“action/result noun forming suffix”).

    Noun

    heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimer, definite plural heimene)

    1. home
    2. nursing home, hostel
    3. world (rare)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse heim.

    Adverb

    heim

    1. home
      Nå går vi heim.
      We go home now.

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hɛɪːm/

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse heim, heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

    Noun

    heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimar, definite plural heimane)

    1. home
    2. nursing home, hostel
    3. world
    4. Place of origin or belonging, similar to German Heimat.
    Derived terms

    Male given names:

    • Heimar
    • Heime
    • Heimfast
    • Heimgeir
    • Heimgjest
    • Heimkjell
    • Heimmund
    • Heimolv
    • Heimram
    • Heimvid

    Female given names:

    • Heimlaug

    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse heim.

    Adverb

    heim

    1. home
      No går me heim.
      We go home now.

    References

    • “heim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
    • “heim” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

    Old High German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

      Cognate with Old Dutch hēm, Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old Frisian hām; Old Norse heimr and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).

      Noun

      heim n

      1. home, house
      2. one’s dwelling, housing

      Inflection

      Declension of heim (neuter a-stem)
      case singular plural
      nominative heim heim
      accusative heim heim
      genitive heimes heimo
      dative heime heimum
      instrumental heimu —

      Descendants

      Further reading

      Old Norse

      Etymology

      An accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old High German heim, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).

      Adverb

      heim

      1. home, homewards
        Flosi var allra manna glaðastr ok beztr heim at sækja.
        Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.

      Derived terms

      • bæta heim fyrir sér (“to make for one's soul's weal”)
      • bjóða heim (“to bid one to a feast”) (confer heimboð)
      • fara heim (“to return home, go home”)
      • fara heim á leið
      • sækja heim (“to visit; to attack somebody”)

      Noun

      heim

      1. accusative singular indefinite of heimr m

      Descendants

      Further reading

      • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heim”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

      Portuguese

      Interjection

      heim

      1. (rare) alternative spelling of hein

      Further reading

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