-heim

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. (In northern Germany, from adaptation of Middle Low German and Old Saxon hēm, from the same Germanic source.) See German Heim, English home, -ham for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-haɪ̯m]

Suffix

-heim

  1. Placename suffix: Indicating a place of dwelling; home

Derived terms
  • Allersheim
  • Altheim
  • Auenheim
  • Bergheim
  • Bischofsheim
  • Blankenheim
  • Bornheim
  • Bubenheim
  • Buchheim
  • Büdesheim
  • Burgheim
  • Dalheim
  • Dietersheim
  • Dornheim
  • Feldheim
  • Forchheim
  • Friedenheim
  • Friedheim
  • Friesenheim
  • Griesheim
  • Gundelsheim
  • Herbolzheim
  • Heuchelheim
  • Hillesheim
  • Hochheim
  • Holzheim
  • Horchheim
  • Hundheim
  • Hundsheim
  • Kirchheim
  • Krautheim
  • Müggelheim
  • Mühlheim
  • Mülheim
  • Müllheim
  • Nauheim
  • Neuheim
  • Nordheim
  • Oberthalheim
  • Ostheim
  • Reinheim
  • Riedheim
  • Rietheim
  • Rodheim
  • Schwanheim
  • Schweinheim
  • Sonnheim
  • Sontheim
  • Stammheim
  • Steinheim
  • Stockheim
  • Stöckheim
  • Talheim
  • Thalheim
  • Waldheim
  • Weilheim
  • Weinsheim
  • Westheim
  • Windheim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
Dialects

Etymology

From -heimr, -eimr, from heimr. Akin to English -ham.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɛɪm/
  • (after consonants) IPA(key): /ɛɪm/, /hɛɪm/

Noun

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

  1. home
  2. Place-name suffix, variously indicating a settlement, farm or enclosure.

Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -heim
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