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heden
heden
See also: -heden
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːdən
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.
Adverb
heden
Derived terms
- hedendaags
- hedendag
- hedenmeer
- hedenmorgen
- hedennacht
- hedenochtend
- tot op heden
Noun
heden n (uncountable)
- the present
See also
Swedish
Adjective
heden
Declension
| Inflection of heden | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | 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 an attributive role. | |||
Noun
heden
- definite singular of hed