heen

See also: héen

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• haa, ha, hoh, hä, häbä, hè

Etymology

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb

heen

1. (Issime) to have

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^(key): /ɦeːn/

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• Hyphenation: heen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch henen (“away from here, hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē. Cognate with English hence.

Adverb

heen

1. away

   Antonym: vandaan

   De baron gaf den koetsier een wenk en het rijtuig rolde heen.

   The baron gave the coachman a sign and the carriage rolled away.

2. (postpositional) to, towards

   Synonym: naartoe

   Waar ga ik heen?

   Where am I going?

3. (slang) gone, outside the boundaries of the norms

   Hij was echt ver heen toen.

   He was already too far gone. (could imply being drunk or having lost his mind)

Declension

Pronominal adverbs of heen

preposition	—
postpositional adv.	heen
+ het (it)	erheen
+ dit (this)	hierheen
+ dat (that)	daarheen
+ wat (what)	waarheen
+ iets (something)	ergens heen
+ niets (nothing)	nergens heen
+ alles (everything)	overal heen

Derived terms

• daarheen
• doorheen
• erheen
• heen en weer
• heengaan
• heenreis
• hierheen
• omheen
• voorheen

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: heen
• Jersey Dutch: hên
• Negerhollands: hen

Etymology 2

Bolboschoenus maritimus

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Noun

heen n (uncountable)

1. sea clubrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)

   Synonym: zeebies

Further reading

• heen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl