"Heim" meaning in German

See Heim in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /haɪ̯m/ Audio: De-Heim.ogg , De-at-Heim.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯m Etymology: From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim. Cognate with Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|heim}} Middle High German heim, {{inh|de|goh|heim}} Old High German heim, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*haim}} Proto-West Germanic *haim, {{cog|nl|heem}} Dutch heem, {{cog|en|home}} English home, {{cog|da|hjem}} Danish hjem Head templates: {{de-noun|n,s:es}} Heim n (strong, genitive Heims or Heimes, plural Heime) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s:es}} Forms: Heims [genitive], Heimes [genitive], Heime [plural], strong [table-tags], Heim [nominative, singular], Heime [definite, nominative, plural], Heims [genitive, singular], Heimes [genitive, singular], Heime [definite, genitive, plural], Heim [dative, singular], Heime [dative, singular], Heimen [dative, definite, plural], Heim [accusative, singular], Heime [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (in compounds and expressions, otherwise chiefly poetic) home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Zuhause
    Sense id: en-Heim-de-noun-z70Ea6zw
  2. (now the main use) a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)
    without further context usually short for either Kinderheim (“children’s home, orphanage”) or Altersheim (“retirement home”)
    Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Heim-de-noun-T4n1O4Tq Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 70 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 71 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 81 7 7
  3. (now the main use) a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)
    (by extension also) a house, center for a collective purpose other than to dwell in
    Tags: also, broadly, neuter, strong Synonyms: Zentrum
    Sense id: en-Heim-de-noun-fnW1Je1A
  4. (now the main use) a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Heim-de-noun-t5dDdNK3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: heim, daheim, heim-, -heim, geheim, Heimchen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "english": "club house",
          "text": "Vereinsheim",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)",
        "a house, center for a collective purpose other than to dwell in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "asylum",
          "asylum"
        ],
        [
          "hostel",
          "hostel"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ],
        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "now the main use",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now the main use) a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)",
        "(by extension also) a house, center for a collective purpose other than to dwell in"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Zentrum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "broadly",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "hall of residence (literally, “student living home”)",
          "text": "Studentenwohnheim",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "animal shelter",
          "text": "Tierheim",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "asylum",
          "asylum"
        ],
        [
          "hostel",
          "hostel"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "now the main use",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now the main use) a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ̯m/"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/De-Heim.ogg/De-Heim.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/De-Heim.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Heim.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/De-at-Heim.ogg/De-at-Heim.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/De-at-Heim.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯m"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Heim"
}

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  "msg": "''a home, asylum, hostel (reside'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "Heim"
  ],
  "section": "German",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Heim",
  "trace": ""
}

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