Heimkind
German, noun/ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɪnt/
Heimkind is spelled H-E-I-M-K-I-N-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimkind is a German neuter noun meaning “child in a children's home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kind, das in einem Kinderheim lebt oder aufgewachsen ist”.
What does Heimkind mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterchild in a children's home
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kind, das in einem Kinderheim lebt oder aufgewachsen ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Heimkind
- Heimkindes genitive
- Heimkinds genitive
- Heimkinder plural
- Heimkinde dative singular
- Heimkindern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heimkind?
- /ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɪnt/
- [ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɪnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Heimkind in German?
Heimkind appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).