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)/

• Audio:

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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

• hedendaags
• hedendag
• hedenmeer
• hedenmorgen
• hedennacht
• hedenochtend
• tot heden
• tot op heden

See also

• verleden
• toekomst

Old English

Alternative forms

• hæþen

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

Declension of heden (strong a-stem)

Case	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	Superlative2
Common singular	heden	mer heden	mest heden
Neuter singular	hedet	mer hedet	mest hedet
Plural	hedna	mer hedna	mest hedna
Masculine plural3	hedne	mer hedna	mest hedna
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	hedne	mer hedne	mest hedne
All	hedna	mer hedna	mest hedna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

heden

1. definite singular of hed

Anagrams

• hedne