Hals

See also: hals, háls, häls, håls, and hals'

English edit

Proper noun edit

Hals

plural of Hal

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German hals, from Old High German hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hals/, [hals], [halts]
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Noun edit

Hals m (strong, genitive Halses, plural Hälse, diminutive Hälschen n or Hälslein n)

neck
throat

Declension edit

Declension of Hals [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hals	die	Hälse
genitive	eines	des	Halses	der	Hälse
dative	einem	dem	Hals, Halse¹	den	Hälsen
accusative	einen	den	Hals	die	Hälse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

“Hals” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Hals” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Hals” in OpenThesaurus.de
Hals on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Hals” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Limburgish edit

Alternative forms edit

hals (Veldeke spelling)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hals/, [hɑl(t)s]
Rhymes: -als

Noun edit

Hals m (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, German-based spelling, widespread in West Limburgish, Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, rare in Southeast Limburgish)

(broad sense) neck
(narrow sense) throat; front side of the neck

Synonyms edit

Nak, Nack

Descendants edit

Southeast Limburgish: Haus, Hǫǫs, Hǫe̩s

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hals/, [hɑl(t)s]

Noun edit

Hals m (plural Häls)

neck
throat

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Hals, Dutch hals, Old English heals.

Noun edit

Hals m (plural Hels)

neck
throat

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