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Heim

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Noun

das Heim

Pronunciation: /haɪ̯m/

home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home

The German noun Heim means home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home in English.

B1 rank #1,932 plural Heime

All meanings of Heim

Noun
  1. home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home
  2. a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)
  3. without further context usually short for either Kinderheim (“children’s home, orphanage”) or Altersheim (“retirement home”)
  4. a house, center for a collective purpose other than to dwell in

Heim in a German sentence

Das Heim bietet Platz für fünfzig Bewohner.

The care home has room for fifty residents.

Forms of Heim

singular das Heim
plural die Heime

Heim in the four cases

Singular

Nominativedas Heim
Accusativedas Heim
Dativedem Heim
Genitivedes Heimes

Plural

Nominativedie Heime
Accusativedie Heime
Dativeden Heimen
Genitiveder Heime

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