heiden

From Dutch heiden, from Middle Dutch heidin.

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heiden (plural heidene)

1. pagan, heathen, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
2. gentile

• heidendom

From Middle Dutch heidin, a substantivised form of the adjective heidin (“pagan”), from heide (“heath”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: hei‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

heiden m (plural heidenen, diminutive heidentje n)

1. heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
2. gentile, non-Jew
3. (figuratively) barbarian, Philistine in the uncivilised sense
4. (obsolete, derogatory) gypsy (historical term for a Romani)

• (person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion): ongelovige

• heidenchristen
• heidendom
• heidenjacht
• heidens

• Afrikaans: heiden
• Negerhollands: heiden

heiden

1. genitive singular of heisi

heiden

1. genitive plural of he (“he (a letter of some Semitic alphabets)”)

heiden

1. genitive of hö