Heroin
See also: heroin, heróín, and hê-rô-in
German
Etymology 1
Invented as a brand name by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, which started marketing heroine in 1895. The name was coined to evoke heroisch (“heroic”), ultimately from Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heʁoˈiːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: He‧ro‧in
Noun
Heroin n (strong, genitive Heroins, no plural)
- heroin
- Synonyms: Diacetylmorphin n, Diamorphin n
- 1982, “Ganz Wien”, in Einzelhaft, performed by Falco:
- Ganz Wien / Ist heit auf Heroin / Ganz Wien / Träumt mit Mozambin / Ganz Wien, Wien, Wien / Greift auch zu Kokain
- All of Vienna / Is on heroin the day / All of Vienna / Dreams with Mozambine / All of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna / Also uses cocaine
Declension
Declension of Heroin [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular | |||
---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Heroin |
genitive | eines | des | Heroins |
dative | einem | dem | Heroin |
accusative | ein | das | Heroin |
Descendants
- → English: heroin
- → Polish: heroina
Further reading
- Heroin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Heroin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Heroin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Heroin (Droge)” in Duden online
Etymology 2
From Heros + -in. Alteration of the variant Heroine, which is from Latin heroina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heˈʁoː.ɪn/
- Hyphenation: He‧ro‧in
Noun
Heroin f (genitive Heroin, plural Heroinnen)
- (learned, higher register) female hero
- Synonym: Heldin
- (theater) heroine, female protagonist
Declension
Declension of Heroin [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Heroin | die | Heroinnen |
genitive | einer | der | Heroin | der | Heroinnen |
dative | einer | der | Heroin | den | Heroinnen |
accusative | eine | die | Heroin | die | Heroinnen |
Alternative forms
- Heroine
Further reading
- “Heroin (Heldin)” in Duden online