"Heimat" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪ̯ma(ː)t/ Audio: De-at-Heimat.ogg [Austria], De-Heimat.ogg
Etymology: First attested in the 11th century. From Middle High German heimuote, heimüete, from Old High German heimōti, heimuoti, from Proto-West Germanic *haimōdī (“homeland”). Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|11th century}} the 11th century, {{etydate|11th century}} First attested in the 11th century., {{inh|de|gmh|heimuote}} Middle High German heimuote, {{m|gmh|heimüete}} heimüete, {{inh|de|goh|heimōti}} Old High German heimōti, {{m|goh|heimuoti}} heimuoti, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*haimōdī|t=homeland}} Proto-West Germanic *haimōdī (“homeland”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Heimat f (genitive Heimat, plural Heimaten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Heimat [genitive], Heimaten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Heimat [nominative, singular], Heimaten [definite, nominative, plural], Heimat [genitive, singular], Heimaten [definite, genitive, plural], Heimat [dative, singular], Heimaten [dative, definite, plural], Heimat [accusative, singular], Heimaten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (of a person) home, home town, homeland, native land Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Heimat-de-noun-ycisRS9J Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. (figurative, of things) home; homeland; place where something originated or where it is deep-rooted Tags: feminine, figuratively Synonyms: Ursprungsland, Heimatland
    Sense id: en-Heimat-de-noun-XzErkHzd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: heim, Heim, Hoamat [Bavarian], Heemte [Silesian]
Derived forms: beheimaten, beheimatet, Beheimatung, Heimatabend, Heimatadresse, Heimatanschrift, Heimatarmee, heimatberechtigt, Heimatberechtigter, Heimatberechtigung, Heimatbereich, Heimatbewusstsein, Heimatbewußtsein, Heimatbezirk, Heimatboden, Heimatbund, Heimatdichter, Heimatdichterin, Heimatdichtung, Heimatdorf, Heimaterde, Heimatfilm, Heimatflotte, Heimatflughafen, Heimatflugplatz, Heimatforscher, Heimatforscherin, Heimatforschung, Heimatfreund, Heimatfreundin, Heimatfront, heimatgebunden, Heimatgefühl, Heimatgewässer, Heimathafen, Heimatinsel, Heimatklänge, Heimatkrieger, Heimatkriegerin, Heimatkunde, Heimatkundler, Heimatkundlerin, heimatkundlich, Heimatkunst, Heimatland, heimatlich, Heimatliebe, Heimatlied, Heimatliederbuch, Heimatliederschreiber, Heimatliederschreiberin, heimatlos, Heimatlose, Heimatlosenheim, Heimatloser, Heimatlosigkeit, Heimatmarkt, Heimatmuseum, Heimatort, Heimatpflege, Heimatplanet, Heimatprovinz, Heimatrecht, Heimatregion, Heimatroman, Heimatschein, Heimatschlag, Heimatschriftsteller, Heimatschriftstellerin, Heimatschuss, Heimatschuß, Heimatschutz, Heimatschutzministerium, Heimatschutzminister, Heimatschutzministerin, Heimatsgebiet, Heimatshafen, Heimatskriegsgebiet, Heimatsort, Heimatsprache, Heimatstadt, Heimatstaat, Heimatstube, Heimattaubenschlag, Heimattreffen, Heimaturlaub, heimatverbunden, Heimatvertreibung, heimatvertrieben, Heimatvertriebene, Heimatvertriebener, Heimatwelt, Obdach- und Heimatlosenheim, Sozial- und Heimatlosenheim, Urheimat, Wahlheimat

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          "english": "I left my native Turkey two years ago.",
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    },
    {
      "word": "heimatgebunden"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatgefühl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatgewässer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimathafen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatinsel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatklänge"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatkrieger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatkriegerin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatkunde"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatkundler"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatkundlerin"
    },
    {
      "word": "heimatkundlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatkunst"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatland"
    },
    {
      "word": "heimatlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatliebe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatlied"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatliederbuch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatliederschreiber"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatliederschreiberin"
    },
    {
      "word": "heimatlos"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatlose"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatlosenheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatloser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatmarkt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatmuseum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatort"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatpflege"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatplanet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatprovinz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatrecht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatregion"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschein"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschlag"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschriftsteller"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschriftstellerin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschuss"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschuß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschutz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschutzministerium"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschutzminister"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatschutzministerin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatsgebiet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatshafen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatskriegsgebiet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatsort"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatsprache"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatstadt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatstaat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatstube"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimattaubenschlag"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimattreffen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimaturlaub"
    },
    {
      "word": "heimatverbunden"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatvertreibung"
    },
    {
      "word": "heimatvertrieben"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatvertriebene"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatvertriebener"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heimatwelt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Obdach- und Heimatlosenheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sozial- und Heimatlosenheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Urheimat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wahlheimat"
    }
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        "1": "11th century"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "heimüete"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "heimuoti"
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*haimōdī",
        "t": "homeland"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "Heimat",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heimaten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Heimat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heimaten",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Heimat",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heimaten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heimat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heimaten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heimat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heimaten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "heim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bavarian"
      ],
      "word": "Hoamat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Silesian"
      ],
      "word": "Heemte"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I left my native Turkey two years ago.",
          "text": "Ich habe meine Heimat Türkei vor zwei Jahren verlassen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The three of them were rural down-home children and were rooted with all fibres of the heart in the little piece of soil that they called home.",
          "roman": "Ländlich bodenständige Kinder waren die drei und wurzelten mit allen Herzensfasern in dem Stückchen Erde, das sie Heimat nannten.",
          "text": "1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 13–14",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But we are not to complain, / winter cannot last forever, / one day we will say with joy: / homeland, you are mine once more.",
          "ref": "1933, “Die Moorsoldaten [Peat Bog Soldiers]”, Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhoff (lyrics), Rudi Goguel (music), performed by leftist political prisoners in Nazi concentration camps",
          "text": "Doch für uns gibt es kein Klagen, / ewig kann nicht Winter sein, / einmal werden wir froh sagen: / Heimat du bist wieder mein.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "home, home town, homeland, native land"
      ],
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        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "home town",
          "home town"
        ],
        [
          "homeland",
          "homeland"
        ],
        [
          "native",
          "native"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) home, home town, homeland, native land"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Bavaria is the homeland of pretzels and wheat beer.",
          "text": "Bayern ist die Heimat von Brezeln und Weißbier.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "home; homeland; place where something originated or where it is deep-rooted"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "homeland",
          "homeland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of things) home; homeland; place where something originated or where it is deep-rooted"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of things"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Ursprungsland"
        },
        {
          "word": "Heimatland"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ̯ma(ː)t/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/De-at-Heimat.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Heimat.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/De-Heimat.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Heimat"
}

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