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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hjem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hjem
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

home.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old English hām, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Swedish hem, Dutch heem and heim-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hām, *haimaz

Inflected Forms

heyem (alternative, Northern England) hyem (alternative, Geordie) yem (alternative, Geordie) home (alternative, dialectal)

Questions

What does hjem mean?
home.
Where does hjem come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce hjem

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