Neuter
Heim
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) home
- (neuter, strong) hostel
- (neuter, strong) asylum
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, neuter, strong) Clipping of Kinderheim (“orphanage”)
Concepts
Synonyms
Kinderkrippe
Fürsorgeanstalt
Ruhestätte
Wohnstatt
Dach über dem Kopf
Anfangsposition
Dach überm Kopf
Anfangsstellung
Feuerstelle
Nulllage
Studentenheim
Wohnstätte
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/haɪ̯m/
Etymology
From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim. Cognate with Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem.
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