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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

heim.

home

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adv

  1. home

    Nå går vi heim.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse heim.

noun

  1. home

    masculine

  2. nursing home, hostel

    masculine

  3. world (rare)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Norwegian heim, from heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (“action/result noun forming suffix”).

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