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.
Wir sind Juden. — Biz Yahudiyiz.
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,…