-heim

German

Alternative forms

• -em, -um (reductions)

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. (In northern Germany, from adaptation of Middle Low German and Old Saxon hēm, from the same Germanic source.) See German Heim, English home, -ham for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-haɪ̯m]

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Suffix

-heim n

1. Placename suffix: Indicating a place of dwelling; home

Derived terms

• Allersheim
• Altheim
• Auenheim
• Bergheim
• Bischofsheim
• Blankenheim
• Bornheim
• Bubenheim
• Buchheim
• Büdesheim
• Burgheim
• Dalheim
• Dietersheim
• Dornheim
• Feldheim
• Forchheim
• Friedenheim
• Friedheim
• Friesenheim
• Griesheim
• Gundelsheim
• Herbolzheim
• Heuchelheim
• Hillesheim
• Hochheim
• Holzheim
• Horchheim
• Hundheim
• Hundsheim
• Kirchheim
• Krautheim
• Müggelheim
• Mühlheim
• Mülheim
• Müllheim
• Nauheim
• Neuheim
• Nordheim
• Oberthalheim
• Ostheim
• Reinheim
• Riedheim
• Rietheim
• Rodheim
• Schwanheim
• Schweinheim
• Sonnheim
• Sontheim
• Stammheim
• Steinheim
• Stockheim
• Stöckheim
• Talheim
• Thalheim
• Waldheim
• Weilheim
• Weinsheim
• Westheim
• Windheim

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• -eim

Dialects

• -ei
• -em
• -om
• -um

Etymology

From -heimr, -eimr, from heimr. Akin to English -ham.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪm/
• (after consonants) IPA^(key): /ɛɪm/, /hɛɪm/

Noun

-heim m (definite singular -heimen, indefinite plural -heimar, definite plural -heimane)

1. home
2. Place-name suffix, variously indicating a settlement, farm or enclosure.

Derived terms

• andheim
• dulheim
• Helheim
• Trondheim

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -heim