Hei

Etymology

• (Peel en Maas, Baarlo) Derived from hei (“heath, heathland”).
• (Peel en Maas, Kessel-Eik) Derived from hei (“heath, heathland”).
• (Weert) Derived from hei (“heath, heathland”).
• (Noord-Brabant) Derived from hei (“heath, heathland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: Hei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophones: hei, hij

Proper noun

Hei n

1. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
3. A hamlet in Weert, Limburg, Netherlands
4. A hamlet in Laarbeek, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Etymology

Compare German Heu.

Noun

Hei n

1. (Erzgebirgisch) hay

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59:

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯/

Noun

Hei n

1. hay

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hei”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 74