hin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hin"

Languages (20)

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Cornish • Danish • Faroese • French • Garifuna • German • Icelandic • Japanese • Kankanaey • Middle English • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old Norse • Spanish • Swedish • Vietnamese • Welsh • West Frisian • Yola

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Hindi, from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī).

Symbol

hin

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hindi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hindi terms

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

hin (plural hins)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
   • 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:

     500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.

2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
   • 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:

     The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to ¹⁄₃₂ = 1 ro.

Meronyms

• (Hebrew unit of measure): log (¹⁄₁₂ hin); cab, kab (¹⁄₃ hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
• (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (¹⁄₃₂ hin); khay (¹⁄₃ hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)

Translations

Hebrew unit of measure

Esperanto: hino (eo) French: hin (fr) m German: Hin n Icelandic: hín f Italian: hin (it) m Russian: гин (gin) Spanish: hin (es) m Swedish: en hin (sv)

Egyptian unit of measure

Egyptian: (hnw m)

References

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

• NHI, NIH, ihn

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā (“weather”). Cognate with Irish síon (“bad weather”) and Welsh hin (“weather”).

Noun

hin f (plural hinyow)

1. climate

Derived terms

• goredhom hin (“climate emergency”)
• hinek (“climatic”)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish hin, from Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic languages have a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Old English ġeon, Old High German jēner, and Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiˀn], [hin]

Pronoun

hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)

1. (archaic) that (distant in space or time)

References

• “hin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Pronoun

hin m or f (demonstrative)

1. the other, that, the

Article

hin m or f (definite)

1. the

Declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hin	hin	hitt
accusative		hina
dative	hinum	hinari / hini	hinum
genitive	hins	hinnar / hinar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hini
accusative	hinar
dative	hinum
genitive	hinna

French

Etymology

Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

Interjection

hin

1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!

Garifuna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)ĩ/

Noun

hin

1. fruit

Inflection

Possessives of hin

	singular		plural
first	nin		win
second	bin		hin
third	masculine	feminine	hin
	lin	tin

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hin, from Old High German hina. Cognate with Dutch heen. Compare also English hence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adverb

hin

2. there, thither; denotes direction towards a place that is not the speaker’s current location.

   Coordinate term: her

   • 1912, Luther, John: 13:36 in the Bible]:

     Book of John XIII. 36. Spricht Simon Petrus zu ihm: HERR, wo gehst du hin? Jesus antwortete ihm: Wo ich hin gehe, kannst du mir diesmal nicht folgen; aber du wirst mir nachmals folgen

     Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

3. (colloquial) gone (somewhere), left, situated

   Ich sehe mal nach, wo die Pakete hin sind. ― I'll check where the packages went.

   1. (figurative) dead or out of order, kaput

      Synonyms: kaputt, tot, hinüber

   2. (figurative) exhausted, depleted
4. (colloquial, chiefly in the form hin und weg) captivated, hooked

   Synonym: hingerissen

5. (colloquial) Expresses the time left until a certain event in the future.

   Bis Weihnachten ist ja noch was hin. ― Christmas is still some time away.

Derived terms

• dahin
• hierhin
• hin und her
• hin und weg
• hin und wieder
• hin und zurück
• hin-
• Hinfahrt
• Hinreise
• Hinweg
• wohin

Further reading

• “hin” in Duden online
• “hin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Pronoun

hin

1. inflection of hinn (“that”):
   1. nominative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Article

hin

1. inflection of hinn (“the”):
   1. nominative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Japanese

Romanization

hin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhin/ [ˈhi̞n]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: hin

Article

hin

1. pronunciation variant of sin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of sin

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	sin, (Lubon) hin, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) hon
	Bauko	sin, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) hin
	Sabangan	sin, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) sin, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) hin

Middle English

Pronoun

hin

1. alternative form of hine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪnː/

Determiner

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

1. the other

   Me skal til hi sida av fjorden.

   We are going to the other side of the fjord.

References

• “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Pronoun

hin

1. inflection of hinn:
   1. feminine singular nominative
   2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

Declension of hinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinn	hin	hitt
accusative	hinn	hina	hitt
dative	hinum	hinni	hinu
genitive	hins	hinnar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hin
accusative	hina	hinar	hin
dative	hinum	hinum	hinum
genitive	hinna	hinna	hinna

Article

hin

1. inflection of hinn:
   1. feminine singular nominative
   2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

Declension of hinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinn	hin	hit
accusative	hinn	hina	hit
dative	hinum	hinni	hinu
genitive	hins	hinnar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hin
accusative	hina	hinar	hin
dative	hinum	hinum	hinum
genitive	hinna	hinna	hinna

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeia

Interjection

hin

1. neigh (horse sound)

Further reading

• “hin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

hin

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun, a noa-name, might have been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

hin

1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived terms

• hinsidan (“the other side”)
• hinsides (“on the other side”)

Article

hin

1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)

Related terms

• hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
• hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
• hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)

Noun

hin c

1. (euphemistic) the devil

   Synonyms: den lede, den onde, hin håle, hin onde, skam

References

• hin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary")

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hin˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hin˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hɨn˧˧]

Adjective

hin

1. (of a nose) narrow

References

• Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “hin”, in Việt–Anh‎ (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024

Anagrams

• inh, nhi

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh hin, from Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːn/

Noun

hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)

1. (dated) weather

   Synonym: tywydd

Derived terms

• bwa'r him (“rainbow”)
• hinsawdd (“climate”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian henn, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju.

Noun

hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)

1. hen
2. chicken meat

Further reading

• “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

hin

1. alternative form of hen

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46