Definition
The place, region, or country to which someone feels closely connected through origin or life experience.
Translations
- English
- homeland
- Français
- patrie
- Türkçe
- memleket
- Polski
- ojczyzna
- Русский
- родина
- Українська
- батьківщина
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Heimat
- A1
- Noun
- Countries & Cultures
- Emotions & Personality
homeland
/diː ˈhaɪ̯maːt/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Heimaten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Countries & CulturesPrimaryEmotions & Personality
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Seine Heimat liegt am Meer.NominativSing.His homeland is by the sea.
- Nach vielen Jahren besucht sie wieder ihre Heimat.AkkusativSing.After many years, she visits her homeland again.
- Für ihn ist diese Stadt zur zweiten Heimat geworden.DativSing.For him, this city has become a second home.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Heimat/ˈhaɪ̯maːt/
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Article phrase
die Heimat/diː ˈhaɪ̯maːt/
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Plural
Heimaten/ˈhaɪ̯maːtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Heimat | die Heimaten |
| Akkusativ | die Heimat | die Heimaten |
| Dativ | der Heimat | den Heimaten |
| Genitiv | der Heimat | der Heimaten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdie Heimat verlassen
- Collocationdie Heimat vermissen
- Prepositional constructionin die Heimat zurückkehrenin + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word