"himel" meaning in Middle High German

See himel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhiməl/ (note: before 13ᵗʰ CE)
Etymology: From Old High German himil, from Proto-West Germanic *himil. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmh|goh|himil}} Old High German himil, {{inh|gmh|gmw-pro|*himil}} Proto-West Germanic *himil Head templates: {{gmh-noun|g=m}} himel m Inflection templates: {{gmh-ndecl|m}} Forms: strong [table-tags], ein [indefinite, nominative, singular], dër [definite, nominative, singular], himel [nominative, noun, singular], die [definite, nominative, plural], himel [nominative, noun, plural], himele [nominative, noun, plural], eines [genitive, indefinite, singular], dës [definite, genitive, singular], himels [genitive, noun, singular], himeles [genitive, noun, singular], dër [definite, genitive, plural], himel [genitive, noun, plural], himele [genitive, noun, plural], eime [dative, indefinite, singular], dëm [dative, definite, singular], himel [dative, noun, singular], himele [dative, noun, singular], dën [dative, definite, plural], himeln [dative, noun, plural], himelen [dative, noun, plural], einen [accusative, indefinite, singular], dën [accusative, definite, singular], himel [accusative, noun, singular], die [accusative, definite, plural], himel [accusative, noun, plural], himele [accusative, noun, plural], hemel [alternative]
  1. sky Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-himel-gmh-noun-BfUU-ufK
  2. heaven Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-himel-gmh-noun-gY7-RqbC Categories (other): Middle High German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German strong masculine nouns without umlaut, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle High German entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Middle High German strong masculine nouns without umlaut: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 28 7 22 7 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 28 7 22 7 28 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 7 32 7 17 7 32
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "lang_code": "swg",
      "word": "Hemmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "lang_code": "swg",
      "word": "Hemml"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "lang_code": "swg",
      "word": "Himml"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "word": "hümmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "tags": [
            "Luserna"
          ],
          "word": "hümbl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "lang_code": "bar",
      "word": "Himmi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "word": "hümmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "tags": [
            "Luserna"
          ],
          "word": "hümbl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "lang_code": "bar",
      "word": "Himml"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "lang_code": "hrx",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "lang_code": "lb",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Transylvanian Saxon",
          "lang_code": "gmw-tsx",
          "word": "Hemmel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Central Franconian",
      "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
      "word": "Himmel"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "lang_code": "hrx",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "lang_code": "lb",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Transylvanian Saxon",
          "lang_code": "gmw-tsx",
          "word": "Hemmel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Central Franconian",
      "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
      "word": "Hemmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Himmel"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
          "lang_code": "pdc",
          "word": "Himmel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rhine Franconian",
      "lang_code": "gmw-rfr",
      "word": "Himmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "himl",
      "word": "הימל"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "himil",
      "himil#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*himil",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/himil"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "himil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German himil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*himil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *himil",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German himil, from Proto-West Germanic *himil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmh-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dës",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himeles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himelen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hemel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "himel m",
      "name": "gmh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmh-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "id": "en-himel-gmh-noun-BfUU-ufK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German strong masculine nouns without umlaut",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 28 7 22 7 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 28 7 22 7 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 32 7 17 7 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heaven"
      ],
      "id": "en-himel-gmh-noun-gY7-RqbC",
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhiməl/",
      "note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "himel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle High German lemmas",
    "Middle High German masculine nouns",
    "Middle High German nouns",
    "Middle High German strong masculine nouns without umlaut",
    "Middle High German terms derived from Old High German",
    "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle High German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Frisian common-gender nouns",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian nouns",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "lang_code": "swg",
      "word": "Hemmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "lang_code": "swg",
      "word": "Hemml"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "lang_code": "swg",
      "word": "Himml"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "word": "hümmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "tags": [
            "Luserna"
          ],
          "word": "hümbl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "lang_code": "bar",
      "word": "Himmi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "word": "hümmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "tags": [
            "Luserna"
          ],
          "word": "hümbl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "lang_code": "bar",
      "word": "Himml"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "lang_code": "hrx",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "lang_code": "lb",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Transylvanian Saxon",
          "lang_code": "gmw-tsx",
          "word": "Hemmel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Central Franconian",
      "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
      "word": "Himmel"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "lang_code": "hrx",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "lang_code": "lb",
          "word": "Himmel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Transylvanian Saxon",
          "lang_code": "gmw-tsx",
          "word": "Hemmel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Central Franconian",
      "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
      "word": "Hemmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Himmel"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
          "lang_code": "pdc",
          "word": "Himmel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rhine Franconian",
      "lang_code": "gmw-rfr",
      "word": "Himmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "himl",
      "word": "הימל"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "himil",
      "himil#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*himil",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/himil"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "himil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German himil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*himil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *himil",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German himil, from Proto-West Germanic *himil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmh-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dës",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himeles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himelen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hemel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "himel m",
      "name": "gmh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmh-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heaven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhiməl/",
      "note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "himel"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle High German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.