Held

See also: held

German

Etymology

From Middle High German helt (genitive heldes), from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“hero”).

Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old Saxon helið (Dutch held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld). Outside of Germanic, possibly also related to Ancient Greek κέλωρ (kélōr), Tocharian B kālyśke (“boy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛlt/
• Rhymes: -ɛlt
• Hyphenation: Held

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Noun

Held m (weak, genitive Helden, plural Helden, feminine Heldin)

1. hero
2. protagonist

Declension

Declension of Held [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Held	die	Helden
genitive	eines	des	Helden	der	Helden
dative	einem	dem	Helden	den	Helden
accusative	einen	den	Helden	die	Helden

Antonyms

• Bösewicht

Derived terms

• Heldenlied
• Heldenmal
• Heldensage
• Heldentenor
• Heldentum
• heldisch
• heldenhaft
• Revolverheld

Further reading

• “Held” in Duden online
• “Held” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German helt, from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hælt/

Noun

Held m (plural Helden, feminine Heldin)

1. hero