heen

• haa, ha, hoh, hä, häbä, hè

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German hāben.

Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

heen

1. (Issime) to have

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• IPA^(key): /ɦeːn/

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• Hyphenation: heen
• Rhymes: -eːn

From Middle Dutch henen (“away from here, hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē. Cognate with German hin, English hence.

heen

1. away

   Antonym: vandaan

   De baron gaf den koetsier een wenk en het rijtuig rolde heen.

   The baron gave the coachman a sign and the carriage rolled away.

2. (postpositional) to, towards

   Synonym: naartoe

   Waar ga ik heen?

   Where am I going?

3. (slang) gone, outside the boundaries of the norms

   Hij was echt ver heen toen.

   He was already too far gone. (could imply being drunk or having lost his mind)

• Afrikaans: heen
• Jersey Dutch: hên
• Negerhollands: hen

Derived from Proto-Germanic *hainō (“grindstone”), similar to Low German heenk, Old Norse hein. Outside of Germanic, related to Latin cos (“grindstone”), Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “pinecone”), Middle Irish cath (“sharp-minded”).

heen n (uncountable)

1. sea clubrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)

   Synonym: zeebies

• heen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl