adjective · rare

heathen

heathen · heathener · heathenest

язичницький

дикий, языческий

heidnisch, barbarisch, unzivilisiert

Not adhering to an Abrahamic religionNot adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.

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/ˈhiːðən/

» Tom self-identifies as a heathen.

Tom bezeichnet sich selbst als Heiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Meaning

2 senses

Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
heidnisch
язы́ческийjazýčeskij
язи́чницькийjazýčnycʹkyj
(broadly)Uncultured; uncivilized; savage; barbarian.
barbarisch, unzivilisiert
ди́кийdíkij

More definitions

not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

Examples

9 sentences

Tom self-identifies as a heathen.
deTom bezeichnet sich selbst als Heiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
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Why are you calling me a heathen?
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Tom is a heathen.
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Millions of heathens will perish.
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Is that a heathen sacrament?
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

not adhering to an Abrahamic religion:

Русский

By meaning 2

not adhering to an Abrahamic religion:

savage:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

not adhering to an Abrahamic religion:

savage:

Origin

From Middle English hethen, from Old English hǣþen, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþin, from

From Middle English hethen, from Old English hǣþen, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþin, from Proto-Germanic *haiþīnaz (“heathen, pagan”, adjective), equivalent to heath (“heathland”) + -en.

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