heaven
English
/ˈhɛvən/
noun
Definitions
- The sky, specifically:
- (religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:
- (religion) The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell (hell)); specifically:
- (by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.
- (by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.
- (informal) Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English heofon (sky, heaven) inherited from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (sky, cloud cover, cover, heaven).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*himinaz
Gloss
sky, cloud cover, cover, heaven
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
天
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sky English
- cyberheaven English
- hammercloth English
- heavenful English
- heavenhood English
- heavenish English
- heavenize English
- heavenless English
- heavenlessness English
- heavenlike English
- heavenlily English
- heavenliness English
- heavenly English
- heavenlyminded English
- heavenric English
- heavenward English
- heavenwards English
- hemmel English
- midheaven English
- unheavenly English
- Himmel German
- Himmelbett German
- Himmelfahrt German
- Himmelreich German
- Himmelsachse German
- Himmelsbläue German
- Himmelskunde German
- Himmelskörper German
- Himmelslicht German
- Himmelsreich German
- Himmelsschreiben German
- Himmelsschrift German
- Himmelszelt German
- Himmler German
- himmelangst German
- himmelblau German
- himmelhoch German
- himmelschreiend German
- himmelweit German
- himmelwärts German
- Hemelvaartsdag Dutch, Flemish
- hemel Dutch, Flemish
- hemelbed Dutch, Flemish
- hemelbestormer Dutch, Flemish
- hemelblauw Dutch, Flemish
- hemelbol Dutch, Flemish
- hemelgeest Dutch, Flemish
- hemelgewelf Dutch, Flemish
- hemeling Dutch, Flemish
- hemelkaart Dutch, Flemish
- hemellichaam Dutch, Flemish
- hemelmechanica Dutch, Flemish
- hemelnimf Dutch, Flemish
- hemelpool Dutch, Flemish
- hemels Dutch, Flemish
- hemelsblauw Dutch, Flemish
- hemelsfeer Dutch, Flemish
- hemelteken Dutch, Flemish
- hemelvaart Dutch, Flemish
- hemelvuur Dutch, Flemish
- hemelwaarts Dutch, Flemish
- hemelwijd Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱemen- Proto-Indo-European
- himmel Norwegian Bokmål
- *heminaz Proto-Germanic
- *himinaz Proto-Germanic
- himmel Norwegian Nynorsk
- heofon Old English
- heofonduguþ Old English
- heofonisc Old English
- heofonlic Old English
- heofonrice Old English
- heofonwuldor Old English
- *hevenric Middle English
- heuenly Middle English
- heven Middle English
- hevenish Middle English
- himinn Old Norse
- himneskr Old Norse
- himmel Danish
- himmelhvælving Danish
- himmellegeme Danish
- himmelskrigende Danish
- himmerige Danish
- himinn Icelandic
- hemel Middle Dutch
- hēmel Middle Dutch
- himil Old High German
- himilzungal Old High German
- hemel Afrikaans
- himin Faroese
- himel Middle High German
- Himmel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *hebun gmw-pro
- *himil gmw-pro
- himil Old Dutch
- hemmel Middle Low German
- hümbl Cimbrian
- himil Old Saxon
- himiltungal Old Saxon
- himil Old Swedish
- heiven Scots
- heivenly Scots
- hemmel Scots
- heven Tok Pisin
- Himmel Hunsrik
- himæn Old Danish