Heathen

See also: heathen

English

Etymology

From heathen.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːðən

Adjective

Heathen (not comparable)

Pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry.

Translations

pertaining or adhering to the faith of Heathenry

Danish: hedensk
Dutch: heidens (nl)
Finnish: pakanallinen (fi)
German: heidnisch (de)

Icelandic: heiðinn m
Portuguese: pagão (pt)
Spanish: pagano (es)
Swedish: hednisk (sv), heden (sv)

Noun

Heathen (plural Heathens)

An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.
- 2013, Jennifer Snook, "Reconsidering Heathenry: The Construction of an Ethnic Folkway as Religio-ethnic Identity," Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Vol. 16, No. 3, p. 61:
  […] these examples, and others I have come across, illustrate most strikingly how Heathens follow a reactionary politics carefully constructed by politicians and pundits to help whites feel like victims, thereby making them useful political tools.

Translations

adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry

Afrikaans: heiden (af), heidene pl
Armenian: հեթանոս (hy) (hetʿanos)
Danish: hedning c
Dutch: heiden (nl) m, f
Finnish: pakana (fi)
German: Heide (de) m, Heidin (de) f
Greek: ειδωλολάτρης (el) m (eidololátris), ειδωλολάτρισσα (el) f (eidololátrissa)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: hedning m

Nynorsk: heidning m
Russian: язы́чник (ru) (jazýčnik), язы́чница (ru) f (jazýčnica), родновер (rodnover)
Spanish: pagano (es) m
Swedish: hedning (sv) c

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