Heathen

See also: heathen

English

Etymology

From heathen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːðən

Adjective

Heathen (not comparable)

1. Pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry.

Translations

pertaining or adhering to the faith of Heathenry

• Danish: hedensk
• Dutch: heidens (nl)
• Finnish: pakanallinen (fi)
• German: heidnisch (de)
• Icelandic: heiðinn m
• Portuguese: pagão (pt)
• Spanish: pagano (es)
• Swedish: hednisk (sv), heden (sv)

Noun

Heathen (plural Heathens)

1. An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.
   • 2013, Jennifer Snook, “Reconsidering Heathenry: The Construction of an Ethnic Folkway as Religio-ethnic Identity”, in Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, volume 16, number 3, page 61:

     […] these examples, and others I have come across, illustrate most strikingly how Heathens follow a reactionary politics carefully constructed by politicians and pundits to help whites feel like victims, thereby making them useful political tools.

Translations

adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry

• Afrikaans: heiden (af), heidene pl
• Armenian: հեթանոս (hy) (hetʿanos)
• Danish: hedning c
• Dutch: heiden (nl) m or f
• Finnish: pakana (fi)
• German: Heide (de) m, Heidin (de) f
• Greek: ειδωλολάτρης (el) m (eidololátris), ειδωλολάτρισσα (el) f (eidololátrissa)
• Icelandic: heiðingi (is) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hedning m

  Nynorsk: heidning m

• Russian: язы́чник (ru) (jazýčnik), язы́чница (ru) f (jazýčnica), родновер (ru) (rodnover)
• Spanish: pagano (es) m
• Swedish: hedning (sv) c
• Yiddish: הייד m (heyd)