"Heidi" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhaɪ̯di/
Etymology: Originally a Swiss German diminutive of Adelheid + -i Etymology templates: {{m|de|Adelheid}} Adelheid, {{suffix|de||-i}} + -i Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} Heidi
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): German female given names, German given names Related terms: Heide, Heidemarie
    Sense id: en-Heidi-de-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -i

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Adelheid"
      },
      "expansion": "Adelheid",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -i",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally a Swiss German diminutive of Adelheid + -i",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Heidi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "German female given names",
          "parents": [
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            "Given names",
            "Names",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Would you rather be called Heidi or Adelaide?\" asked Clara.\n\"I am never called anything but Heidi,\" was the child's prompt answer.\n\"Then I shall always call you by that name,\" said Clara, \"it suits you. I have never heard it before, but neither have I ever seen a child like you before.",
          "ref": "1880 Johanna Spyri, Heidi's Lehr- und Wanderjahre. Eine Geschichte für Kinder und auch für Solche, welche die Kinder lieb haben (Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha), Chapter 6 (Capitel VI. Ein neues Capitel und lauter neue Dinge), p. 95, translated as Heidi",
          "text": "„Willst du lieber Heidi heißen, oder Adelheid?“ fragte Klara.\n„Ich heiße nur Heidi und sonst Nichts“, war Heidi's Antwort.\n„So will ich dich immer so nennen“, sagte Klara; „der Name gefällt mir für dich, ich habe ihn aber nie gehört, ich habe aber auch nie ein Kind gesehen, das so aussieht wie du.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Heidi-de-name-pLhOhtoi",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Heide"
        },
        {
          "word": "Heidemarie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ̯di/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Heidi"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Adelheid"
      },
      "expansion": "Adelheid",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -i",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally a Swiss German diminutive of Adelheid + -i",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Heidi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Heide"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heidemarie"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German 2-syllable words",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German female given names",
        "German given names",
        "German lemmas",
        "German proper nouns",
        "German terms suffixed with -i",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Would you rather be called Heidi or Adelaide?\" asked Clara.\n\"I am never called anything but Heidi,\" was the child's prompt answer.\n\"Then I shall always call you by that name,\" said Clara, \"it suits you. I have never heard it before, but neither have I ever seen a child like you before.",
          "ref": "1880 Johanna Spyri, Heidi's Lehr- und Wanderjahre. Eine Geschichte für Kinder und auch für Solche, welche die Kinder lieb haben (Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha), Chapter 6 (Capitel VI. Ein neues Capitel und lauter neue Dinge), p. 95, translated as Heidi",
          "text": "„Willst du lieber Heidi heißen, oder Adelheid?“ fragte Klara.\n„Ich heiße nur Heidi und sonst Nichts“, war Heidi's Antwort.\n„So will ich dich immer so nennen“, sagte Klara; „der Name gefällt mir für dich, ich habe ihn aber nie gehört, ich habe aber auch nie ein Kind gesehen, das so aussieht wie du.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
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        [
          "given name",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ̯di/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Heidi"
}

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