heiden

See also: Heiden

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch heiden, from Middle Dutch heidin.

Pronunciation
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Noun

heiden (plural heidene)

  1. pagan, heathen, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
  2. gentile

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch heidin, a substantivised form of the adjective heidin (“pagan”), from heide (“heath”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.də(n)/
  • heiden(file)
  • Hyphenation: hei‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Noun

heiden m (plural heidenen, diminutive heidentje n)

  1. heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
  2. gentile
  3. (figuratively) barbarian, Philistine in the uncivilised sense

Hypernyms
  • (person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion): ongelovige

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: heiden
  • Negerhollands: heiden

Finnish

Noun

heiden

  1. genitive singular of heisi

Noun

heiden

  1. genitive plural of he (“he (a letter of some Semitic alphabets)”)

Veps

Pronoun

heiden

  1. genitive of hö
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