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hellen

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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

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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German hellen, from Old High German hellan, 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
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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
  • hellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hellen” in Duden online
  • hellen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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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

More information infinitive, base form ...

Further reading

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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

More information nominative, genitive ...

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References

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