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Hall

See also: hall, häll, håll, háll, and Häll

English edit

 Hall (surname) on Wikipedia
 Hall (places) on Wikipedia

Etymology edit

  • From hall
    • (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles.
    • (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls

Proper noun edit

Hall (countable and uncountable, plural Halls)

  1. A surname.
    1. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in or near a hall.
    2. A surname from German for someone associated with a salt mine.
    3. An Anglo-Norman surname.
  2. A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. Former name of Las Lomas, a CDP in California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
    3. An unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana.
    4. A hamlet and census-designated place in Ontario County, New York.
    5. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.
    6. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  4. A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

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Statistics edit

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hall is the 45th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 407,076 individuals. Hall is most common among White (72.7%) and Black/African American (21.6%) individuals.

Noun edit

Hall (plural Halls)

  1. (UK, rail transport) Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.

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Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From English Hall.

Proper noun edit

Hall

  1. a surname from English

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as hallo in the 11th century. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps a compound of Proto-Germanic *halha- (“bend, highland spur”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil”). An alternative etymology interprets the name as a compound of Old Dutch hal (“large, spacious home”) and lo. Compare Hallum and Hellum.

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Hall n

  1. A village in Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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References edit

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

East Central German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Halde.

Noun edit

Hall f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) spoil heap
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) hill or its slope
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) hall

Further reading edit

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German hal. Cognate with Middle Low German hal (“loud; echoing; clear”), Old High German hellan (“to sound; resound”), Old English hiellan (“to make a noise; sound; blast”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hal/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -al

Noun edit

Hall m (strong, genitive Halles or Halls, plural Halle)

  1. echo, resonance, reverberation
    • 1838, Heinrich Ernst Bindseil, Abhandlungen zur allgemeinen vergleichenden Sprachlehre, Hamburg, page 26:
      Mehrere Halle können zugleich entstehen, da mehr als eine jener Schallwellen eine solche Hemmung erleiden kann.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1856, Rumburger Anzeiger. No. 48. 27. November 1856, page 197:
      „Ei,“ dachte ich, „es befindet sich ein Nachtwandler wie ich selbst auf der Chaussee, und die Stille der Nacht führt den Hall seiner Schritte zu mir herüber.“ Indeß die Stärke und die Deutlichkeit dieses Halles standen offenbar in keinem Verhältnisse zu einer solchen Entfernung.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1968 Hans Schimank (translator), Otto von Guerickes neue (sogenannte) Magdeburger Versuche über den leeren Raum. Reprinted 1996 and 2013, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, p. 102:
      Ebenso klar und deutlich, wie man den Hall der Klapper beim Anschlag des Klöppels vor dem Auspumpen hören konnte […]
      Just as clearly as it was possible to hear the echo of the rattle when the clapper struck before being pumped out […]
    • 2000, Walter Busch, Ingo Breuer, editors, Robert Musil: Die Amsel. Kritische Lektüren - Letture critiche. Materialien aus dem Nachlaß, Edition Sturzflüge, page 147:
      In unserem Fall erscheint der Ton als Echo eines Halles, der schon einmal ergangen scheint.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, Alexander Jahn, Licht und Schatten, Auswüchse der Finsternis, epubli, →ISBN, page 401:
      Dann erklang das seltsamste Geräusch, das Seramis je vernommen hatte. Ein ohrenbetäubender Donner, lauter als alles was sie je gehört hatte, doch der Hall blieb aus. Donner ohne Hall.
      Then came the sound of the most peculiar noise Seramis had ever perceived. Deafening thunder, louder than anything she had ever heard, but there was no echo. Thunder without an echo.
    • 2017, Jelle Behnert, Das Haus der schwarzen Schwäne‎[2], Aufbau Digital, →ISBN:
      Wenn alle Mädchen in den Nachtkammern der Fabrik lagen, ging die Tür zum Keller mit einem Hall zu.
      When all the girls were lying in the factory's night chambers, the door to the cellar closed with an echo.

Usage notes edit

  • The simplex chiefly refers to an echo that is clipped or overlays with the original sound, as is often found in big rooms or caves. An echo that repeats the full sound after the original sound has ceased, as can be produced in mountains, will usually be specified as Widerhall, or more commonly Echo.

Declension edit

Declension of Hall [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hall die Halle
genitive eines des Halles, Halls der Halle
dative einem dem Hall, Halle1 den Hallen
accusative einen den Hall die Halle

1Now rare, see notes.

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Proper noun edit

Hall

  1. accusative of Hallur

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Etymology edit

From French hall, from English hall. Doublet of inherited Hal (“hall”).

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Noun edit

Hall m (plural Hallen)

  1. foyer, lobby, hall, hallway (room, especially near the entrance, which connects other rooms)

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