"Heathen" meaning in English

See Heathen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -iːðən Etymology: From heathen. Etymology templates: {{m|en|heathen}} heathen Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Heathen (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Germanic paganism Translations (pertaining or adhering to the faith of Heathenry): hedensk (Danish), heidens (Dutch), pakanallinen (Finnish), heidnisch (German), heiðinn [masculine] (Icelandic), pagão (Portuguese), pagano (Spanish), hednisk (Swedish), heden (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Heathen-en-adj-wu-SbhLR Disambiguation of Germanic paganism: 52 48 Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17

Noun

Forms: Heathens [plural]
Rhymes: -iːðən Etymology: From heathen. Etymology templates: {{m|en|heathen}} heathen Head templates: {{en-noun}} Heathen (plural Heathens)
  1. An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry. Categories (topical): Germanic paganism Translations (adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry): heiden (Afrikaans), heidene [plural] (Afrikaans), հեթանոս (hetʻanos) (Armenian), hedning [common-gender] (Danish), heiden [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), pakana (Finnish), Heide [masculine] (German), Heidin [feminine] (German), ειδωλολάτρης (eidololátris) [masculine] (Greek), ειδωλολάτρισσα (eidololátrissa) [feminine] (Greek), heiðingi [masculine] (Icelandic), hedning [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), heidning [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), язы́чник (jazýčnik) (Russian), язы́чница (jazýčnica) [feminine] (Russian), родновер (rodnover) (Russian), pagano [masculine] (Spanish), hedning [common-gender] (Swedish), הייד (heyd) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Heathen-en-noun-m~i~CPuR Disambiguation of Germanic paganism: 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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