hjem
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English hām, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Swedish hem, Dutch heem and heim-.
Adverb[edit]
hjem (not comparable)
- (Northumbria) home.
- Aa’m gannin hjem man!
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Danish hēm, hiem, from Old Norse heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz, cognate with Swedish hem, English home, German Heim.
Noun[edit]
hjem n (singular definite hjemmet, plural indefinite hjem)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Danish hēm, hiem, from Old Norse heim, an adverbial accusative of the noun heimr, see above. Compare the adverbs Swedish hem, English home, German heim.
Adverb[edit]
hjem
- home (back to where somebody belongs)
See also[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Danish hjem, from Old Danish hēm, hiem, from Old Norse heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).
Alternative forms[edit]
- heim (Nynorsk also)
Noun[edit]
hjem n (definite singular hjemmet, indefinite plural hjem, definite plural hjemma or hjemmene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adverb[edit]
hjem
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English adverbs
- English uncomparable adverbs
- Northumbrian English
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Danish/ɛmˀ
- Rhymes:Danish/ɛmˀ/1 syllable
- Danish terms inherited from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- Danish adverbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål adverbs