heen

Meaning

Adv

1. away
2. (postpositional) to, towards
3. (slang) gone, outside the boundaries of the norms

Noun

sea clubrush, Bolboschoenus maritimus

Concepts

away

far

forth

afar

off

yonder

in another place

short

out

gone

hence

Synonyms

weg

vandoor

verwijderd

voort

over

kwijt

zoek

verdwenen

hiervandaan

om

rondom

van hier

omstreeks

door

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɦeːn/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch henen (“away from here, hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē. Cognate with English hence.

Sentences

Waar gaan we nu heen ?

Where to now?

Ze was te kort om over het hek heen te kijken .

She was too short to look over the fence.

Hypocrisie loopt blijkbaar door alle partijen heen .

Hypocrisy apparently runs through all parties.