# heim
## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* haim, hemmu, hei

### Etymology

From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem, also Albanian komb.

### Noun

heim n
* (Gressoney) home

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɛi̯m/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

### Noun

heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)
* Alternative form of heem

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haiːm/
* Rhymes: -aiːm

### Noun

heim n (genitive singular heims, plural heim)
* home
* hostel
* asylum

#### Related terms

* barnaheim (“children's home”)
* ellisheim (“nursing home”)
* frítíðarheim (“school children's home for the afternoon”)
* heimur (“world”)
* hvíldarheim (“rehabilitation home”)
* lærlingaheim (“trainee's home”)
* sjómansheim (“sailor's home”)
* vallaraheim (“hostel”)

### Adverb

heim (not comparable)
* home, homeward

#### Related terms

* heim aftur (“back home again”)
* heim til húsa (“homward to the house”)
* heima (“at home”)
* heiman (“away from home”)
* ikki bera boðini heim (“not return alive; not carry the message home”)

## German
### Etymology

From Heim (“home”). Compare Middle High German heime (“home, at home”, adverb), from Old High German heime, heimi (“home, at home”, adverb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haɪ̯m/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯m

### Adverb

heim
* home, to the house; always as a direction, thus never in the sense of at home
    Am Abend komm' ich dann auch gerne wieder heim.In the evening, I like to get back home again.

#### Usage notes

* The adverb is used chiefly with verbs of movement, to which it is joined in spelling in infinite and sub-clause forms. (See derived terms below.) Uses independent from verbs are rare but not impossible. For example: der Weg heim zu Gott (“the way home to God”).
* The frequency of heim varies by region. It is a very frequent word in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but is less common in central Germany and even quite rare in the north. These regions prefer nach Hause instead.

#### Derived terms

* daheim (“at home”)
* du fährst heim (“you drive home”) (see heimfahren)
* er kehrt heim (“he returns home”) (see heimkehren)
* Heim (“home”)
* Heimat (“homeland”)
* heimkommen (“come home”)
* heimlich (“stealthily”)
* heimsuchen (“inflict, haunt”)
* Heimweg
* ich gehe heim (“I go home”) (see heimgehen)
* sie reist heim (“she travels home”) (see heimreisen)
* wir zahlen heim (“we retaliate”) (see heimzahlen)

### Further reading

* “heim” in Duden online
* “heim” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [heiːm]
* Rhymes: -eiːm

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

#### Adverb

heim
* (towards) home
    Förum heim!Let's go home!

##### Derived terms

* fara heim (“to go home”)
* bjóða einhverjum heim (“to invite someone home”)
* sækja heim (“to visit”) (confer heimsækja)
* það kemur heim og saman (“that is correct”)

##### Related terms

* heimur

#### See also

* heima

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

heim
* indefinite accusative singular of heimur

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* Héïm (Eupen)
* heem, Heem (Southeast Limburgish, East Limburgish)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch hêem, heim, from Old Dutch hēm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛi̯m/
* Hyphenation: heim
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

### Noun

heim n
* home
* house

#### Derived terms

* heives

#### See also

* hoes

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haimo, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *šáimas. Cognates include Finnish heimo.

### Noun

heim
* tribe

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* hjem

### Etymology 1

From Norwegian heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (“action/result noun forming suffix”).

#### Noun

heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimer, definite plural heimene)
* home
* nursing home, hostel
* world (rare)

##### Derived terms

* aldersheim
* gamleheim
* heimeside
* heimlaus
* hvileheim
* kvileheim
* pleieheim
* sjukeheim
* sykeheim

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

#### Adverb

heim
* home
    Nå går vi heim.We go home now.

##### Related terms

* heime

### References

* “heim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛɪːm/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse heim, heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

#### Noun

heim m (definite singular heimen, indefinite plural heimar, definite plural heimane)
* home
* nursing home, hostel
* world
* Place of origin or belonging, similar to German Heimat.

##### Derived terms

* aldersheim
* gamleheim
* -heim
* heimeside
* heimlaus
* heimover
* kvileheim
* pleieheim
* sjukeheim

##### Related terms

* heime
Male given names:
* Heimar
* Heime
* Heimfast
* Heimgeir
* Heimgjest
* Heimkjell
* Heimmund
* Heimolv
* Heimram
* Heimvid
Female given names:
* Heimlaug

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse heim.

#### Adverb

heim
* home
    No går me heim.We go home now.

### References

* “heim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “heim” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

## Old Norse
### Etymology

An accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old High German heim, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).

### Adverb

heim
* home, homewards
    Flosi var allra manna glaðastr ok beztr heim at sækja.Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.

#### Derived terms

* bæta heim fyrir sér (“to make for one's soul's weal”)
* bjóða heim (“to bid one to a feast”) (confer heimboð)
* fara heim (“to return home, go home”)
* fara heim á leið
* sækja heim (“to visit; to attack somebody”)

### Noun

heim
* accusative singular indefinite of heimr m

#### Related terms

* heimboð

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: heim
* Faroese: heim
* Norwegian Nynorsk: heim
** → Norwegian Bokmål: heim
* Swedish: hem
* Danish: hjem
** Norwegian Bokmål: hjem

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “heim”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Portuguese
### Interjection

heim
* Rare form of hein.