Heathen

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," Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Vol. 16, No. 3, p. 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, f Finnish: pakana (fi) German: Heide (de) m, Heidin (de) f Greek: ειδωλολάτρης (el) m (eidololátris), ειδωλολάτρισσα (el) f (eidololátrissa)

Norwegian: Bokmål: hedning m Nynorsk: heidning m Russian: язы́чник (ru) (jazýčnik), язы́чница (ru) f (jazýčnica), родновер (rodnover) Spanish: pagano (es) m Swedish: hedning (sv) c