# das Heim

das Heim is a German noun meaning “home”. Forms: des Heims, die Heime.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Heims
- Plural: die Heime

## In other languages

- Русский: домашний очаг, дом, квартира
- Українська: дім, домівка, оселя

## Meanings

1. home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home
   - Eigenheim — own home, owner-occupied house
2. a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)
   - Studentenwohnheim — hall 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
   - Vereinsheim — club house

## Examples

- Willkommen in deinem neuen Heim. — Welcome to your new home.
- Trautes Heim, Glück allein! — No place like home.
- 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.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Heim