heden

See also: -heden

Danish

Noun

heden c

  1. definite singular of hede

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch heden, also hude, huden, from Old Dutch hiudo, a contraction of the instrumental phrase *hiu dago (on this day), from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (*hiz + *dagaz). The appearance of the vowel -e- is unusual, the expected form in modern Dutch would be *huide(n), compare huidig.

Cognate with Old Saxon hiudu, hūdigu, German heute, West Frisian hjoed, Old English hēodæg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.də(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: he‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən

Adverb

heden

  1. (rare) today
  2. presently

Noun

heden n (uncountable)

  1. the present
    We moeten in het heden leven, niet in het verleden.
    We must live in the present, not in the past.

Derived terms

See also

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hadinaz, *hidanaz (compare *hōdaz (hood)), cognate with Old Norse héðinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxe.den/, [ˈhe.den]

Noun

heden m

  1. hood, chasuble

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative heden hednas
accusative heden hednas
genitive hednes hedna
dative hedne hednum

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish heþin, from Old Norse heiðinn.

Adjective

heden

  1. heathen

Declension

Inflection of heden
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular heden mer heden mest heden
neuter singular hedet mer hedet mest hedet
plural hedna mer hedna mest hedna
masculine plural2 hedne mer hedna mest hedna
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hedne mer hedne mest hedne
all hedna mer hedna mest hedna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

heden

  1. definite singular of hed

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