hellen

See also: Hellen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch helden. The loss of the d occurred by reanalysis of the past tense form helde as consisting of hel-de rather than held-de.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛlə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Verb

hellen

  1. (intransitive) to incline

Conjugation

Conjugation of hellen (weak)
infinitive hellen
past singular helde
past participle geheld
infinitive hellen
gerund hellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hel helde
2nd person sing. (jij) helt, hel2 helde
2nd person sing. (u) helt helde
2nd person sing. (gij) helt helde
3rd person singular helt helde
plural hellen helden
subjunctive sing.1 helle helde
subjunctive plur.1 hellen helden
imperative sing. hel
imperative plur.1 helt
participles hellend geheld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German hëllen, from Old High German hëllan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (“to resound”).

Verb

hellen (weak, third-person singular present hellt, past tense hellte, past participle gehellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (poetic) to brighten
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Ultimately from the same origin as the "brighten" sense of Etymology 1.

Adjective

hellen

  1. inflection of hell:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • “hellen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “hellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “hellen” in Duden online
  • “hellen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Adjective

hellen

  1. inflection of hell:
    1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
    2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong/weak dative plural

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną.

Verb

hellen

  1. to sound, resound

Inflection

Conjugation of hellen (weak)
infinitive base form hellen
genitive hellens
dative hellene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular helle — helle —
2nd person singular hels, helles — hels, helles —
3rd person singular helt, hellet — helle —
1st person plural hellen — hellen —
2nd person plural helt, hellet — helt, hellet —
3rd person plural hellen — hellen —
imperative
singular hel, helle
plural helt, hellet
present past
participle hellende —

Further reading

Middle High German

Etymology

    Inherited from Old High German hëllan, from Proto-West Germanic *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną. Cognate with Middle Dutch hellen.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈhɛlːən/

    Verb

    hëllen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present hillet, past tense hal, past participle gehollen, past subjunctive hülle, auxiliary hān)

    1. (intransitive) to sound, to resound, to ring out; to echo
      • c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 13:
        Vil schilde hôrt man hëllen [...] .
        Many shields were heard to ring out [...] .
    2. (intransitive) ? to hasten, to hurry, to rush, to move quickly

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • German: hellen
    • Yiddish: העלן (heln)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “hëllen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel.

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    hellen m or f

    1. definite masculine singular of helle

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    hellen m (definite singular hellenen, indefinite plural hellenar, definite plural hellenane)

    1. (pre-2012) alternative form of hellenar

    Swedish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn). Attested since 1822.

    Noun

    hellen c

    1. Hellene

    Declension

    Derived terms

    References