heden

See also: -heden

Danish

Noun

heden c

  1. singular definite 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”). 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)/
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  • Hyphenation: he‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən

Adverb

heden

  1. today
  2. presently

Noun

heden n (uncountable)

  1. the present

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

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
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.

Noun

heden

  1. definite singular of hed
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