Heroin

== 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/ Hyphenation: He‧ro‧in ==== Noun ==== Heroin n (strong, genitive Heroins, no plural) heroin Synonyms: Diacetylmorphin n, Diamorphin n ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: heroin → French: héroïne → Italian: eroina → 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 ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== Heroine ==== Further reading ==== “Heroin (Heldin)” in Duden online