held

See also Held

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɛld/, X-SAMPA: /"hEld/

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  Rhymes: -ɛld

Verb

held

1. simple past tense and past participle of hold

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: either · whether · city · #340: held · help · number · alone

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɛld/, [hɛlˀ]

Noun

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

1. luck, fortune

Synonyms

• lykketræf
• lykke
• succes

Antonyms

• uheld

Related terms

• heldig
• heldigvis
• held i uheld
• held og lykke

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Dutch

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“son, youth”). Cognate with Old English hæleþ, Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian hold). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κελωρ, Tocharian B kālyśke (“boy”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlt

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Noun

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje)

1. hero

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

held

1. present tense of halda and halde

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West Frisian

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *haliþa (“man, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“son, youth”). Cognate with Old English hæleþ, Old High German helid (German Held), Dutch held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian hold). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κελωρ, Tocharian B kālyśke (“boy”).

Noun

held c (plural helden)

1. hero