Masculine
heiden
- (masculine) heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
- (masculine) gentile, non-Jew
- (figuratively, masculine) barbarian, Philistine in the uncivilised sense
- (derogatory, masculine, obsolete) gypsy (historical term for a Romani)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɦɛi̯.də(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch heidin, a substantivised form of the adjective heidin (“pagan”), from heide (“heath”).
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