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hjem.

a home

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a home

    neuter

  2. Place of origin or belonging. Similar to German Heimat.

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Danish hjem, from Old Danish hēm, hiem, from Old Norse heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).

adv

  1. home

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