Used to call someone's attention, or as an intensifier when placed at the end. · Expresses indignation or disgust; oi
köken: Derived from Middle High German ei, a common interjection. In contemporary German possibly reinforced by Turkish ey (“vocative particle”), English hey.
Boah, ey!
Ey Peter, komm mal kucken, was hier auf dem Schild steht!
Der unkorrumpierbare Udo Lindenberg, der seinen „Bestes Video national“-Gewinn galant mit „Geilomat, ey“ kommentierte[…]
hi; what's up (a greeting) · what's next? (asking what is the next step or the next thing that follows) · Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see e, aí.
hi (greeting) · hey (to get someone's attention) · bye (often repeated twice: hei hei)
köken: From Proto-Finnic *hei (compare Estonian hei, Ingrian hei, Karelian hei, Ludian hei, Veps hei). Compare also Old Norse hei (whence Swedish hej) and English hey.
köken: From Proto-Vietic *-niː, from Proto-Austroasiatic *niːʔ (“this”). Cognate with Khmer នេះ (nih, “this”), Pacoh nâh (“this”), Khasi kane/une (“this”) and Car Nicobarese në (“these things”). See also nay (“now”) and Central Vietnamese ni (“this”). Compare Lao ນີ້ (nī) , Thai นี้ (níi) , Thai นี่ (nîi) and Chinese 若 (OC *njaɡ, “that”), 爾 (MC nyeX, “that”). Part of the n-series of demonstratives,…