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Heineken

Heineken proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Heineken (plural Heinekens)

  1. A surname from German.

Noun

Heineken (plural Heinekens)

  1. (informal) Anything that reaches parts that other things cannot (after a slogan for the Heineken brand of beer).
    • Some prominent advocates have therefore suggested that PFI is the 'Heineken' of privatisation, reaching hitherto untouched parts of the government machine (Kerr 1998: 18).2002, John Mohan, Planning, Markets and Hospitals, page 205
    • For me REBT is the Heineken of therapies, reaching humorous parts of myself that other therapies cannot reach.2013, Windy Dryden, Rationality and Pluralism

Forms of Heineken

Proper noun
pluralHeinekens
Noun
pluralHeinekens

Origin of Heineken

Borrowed from German Heineken.

Questions about Heineken

What does Heineken mean?
Heineken means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Heineken?
Heineken can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Heineken in the dictionary

  1. Heine-Borel theorem
  2. Heineck
  3. Heinecke
  4. Heineckes
  5. Heinecks
  6. Heineken
  7. Heinekens
  8. Heineman
  9. Heinemann
  10. Heinemanns
  11. Heinemans

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