Heim

heim English + (surname) Etymology As a south en de - surname, from the noun de Heim home. As a en no - surname, from farmsteads named with, or directly from, the en non - noun non heimr home, related to the above. As a Jewish surname, from the en yi - name yi חיים Khayem. en Chaim. Proper noun s en German. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Heim is the 2513th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14414 individuals. Heim is most common among White (91.66%) individuals. Further reading German Etymology de :inh gmh:heim From de gmh heim, from de goh heim, from de gmw-pro *haim. Cognate with nl heem, en home, da hjem. Pronunciation de /haɪ̯m/ de De-Heim.ogg [häe̯m] <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-at-Heim.ogg Austria [hæe̯m] de aɪ̯m 1 Noun n,s:es de in compounds and expressions otherwise chiefly _ poetic home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home de Zuhause de Eigenheim own home, owner-occupied house de Heimcomputer home computer de Heimtrainer stationary bicycle home trainer de Am wohlsten fühlt er sich im de traut trauten Heim. He feels most comfortable in his sweet home. idiomatic, humorous de Ich baue das Haus, um meiner Familie ein Heim zu schaffen. I’m building the house in order to create a home for my family. elevated, poetic de now the main use a home, asylum, hostel residence for some specified group de Studentenwohnheim hall of residence student living home de Tierheim animal shelter without further context usually short for either de Kinderheim children’s home, orphanage or de Altersheim retirement home de Mein Sohn / Vater ist im Heim. My son / father lives in a home. de by extension also a house, center for a collective purpose other than to dwell in de Zentrum de Vereinsheim club house Declension n,s:es Derived terms de Altersheim Eigenheim Heimarbeit Heimat heimisch heimkommen heimlich Kinderheim Mobilheim Tierheim unheimlich Vereinsheim Wohnheim Related terms de de heimsen de heim, de daheim de heim-, de -heim de geheim de Heimchen Further reading Plautdietsch Etymology From pdt gml hēm, from pdt osx hēm, from pdt gmw-pro *haim. Noun pdt noun n plural Heima or Heims home pdt 1-syllable words