hein

From Middle Dutch hein, from the verb heinen (“to physically demarcate lands”) (modern heinen, also omheinen).

hein m (plural heinen, diminutive heintje n)

1. physical demarcation between fields or yards, like a fence, wall or ditch

• haag, heg, hagen, behagen, omhagen
• heinen, heining, omheinen, omheining, ijzerenheinig

hein m (plural heinen, diminutive heintje n)

1. skinny person
2. skinny horse
3. personification of death

• Magere Hein

From Proto-Finnic *haina, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śaina-. Cognate with Lithuanian šienas, Proto-Slavic *sěno.

hein (genitive heina, partitive heina)

1. hay

• kastehein
• heinakuu

hein

1. instructive plural of he (“a letter in some Semitic alphabets”)

• hien

From earlier hen, heim, from Latin hem (“eh?”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

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hein

1. huh, hey, eh
   • 1968, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Bonnie and Clyde”, in Initials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot:

     Ça vous a plu, hein ? Vous en d’mandez encore / Eh bien, écoutez l’histoire de Bonnie and Clyde

     You liked it, did you? You want more / Well then, listen to the story of Bonnie and Clyde

• “hein”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Proto-Finnic *haina.

hein

1. hay

• hem
• eim, heim

Inherited from Latin hem (“eh?”). Compare French hein.

• Homophone: em (Brazil)

hein?

1. (Brazil, at the end of a sentence) huh? (used as a reinforcement of a question)

   Synonym: né?

   Então, você gostou, hein?

   So, you liked that, huh?

2. (Brazil, used by itself) what? (used when one didn’t hear or understand something)

   Synonym: como?

3. (Brazil) response to a statement that is unexpected or idiotic

• hã?
• (response to an statement that wasn't understood or wasn't expected): oi?

• eu, hein

From Proto-Finnic *haina.

hein

1. grass
2. hay

• čapatezhein
• hibuzhein
• hormhein
• imičhein
• kertihein
• kiz'uhein
• kortehein
• ludeghein
• maguhein
• omeghein
• porohein
• purdehein
• rujohein
• sohein
• tulleihein
• viluhein
• heinku
• heinlaineh
• heinnit
• heinänkuivadim
• heinännitim
• heinäntego

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “сено, трава”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika