Meanings

  1. home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home

    Eigenheimown home, owner-occupied house

  2. a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)

    Studentenwohnheimhall of residence

  3. without further context usually short for either Kinderheim (“children’s home, orphanage”) or Altersheim (“retirement home”)

    Mein Sohn / Vater ist im Heim.My son / father lives in a home.

  4. a house, center for a collective purpose other than to dwell in

    Vereinsheimclub house

Examples

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Willkommen in deinem neuen Heim.Welcome to your new home.
Trautes Heim, Glück allein!No place like home.
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Willkommen in Ihrem neuen Heim.Welcome to your new home.
Ein Haus macht noch kein Heim.A house is not a home.
Tom hat endlich ein Heim gefunden.Tom has finally found a place to live.
Fühl dich in meinem Heim wie zu Hause!My house is your house.
Vesta war die Göttin von Heim und Herd.Vesta was the goddess of the hearth and home.
Sie verließ das Heim mit all ihrer Habe.She left home with everything she owned.
Das Heim der Kindheit Elisabeths war Schloss Possenhofen.Possenhofen Castle was Elisabeth's childhood home.
Bitte komme in mein Heim.Please come into my home.