See also: Hellen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛlə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: hel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Verb edit

hellen

  1. (intransitive) to incline

Inflection edit

Inflection of hellen (weak)
infinitive hellen
past singular helde
past participle geheld
infinitive hellen
gerund hellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hel helde
2nd person sing. (jij) helt helde
2nd person sing. (u) helt helde
2nd person sing. (gij) helt helde
3rd person singular helt helde
plural hellen helden
subjunctive sing.1 helle helde
subjunctive plur.1 hellen helden
imperative sing. hel
imperative plur.1 helt
participles hellend geheld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

Verb edit

hellen (weak, third-person singular present hellt, past tense hellte, past participle gehellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (poetic) to brighten

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • hellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hellen” in Duden online
  • hellen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną.

Verb edit

hellen

  1. to sound, resound

Inflection edit

Weak
Infinitive hellen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive hellen
In genitive hellens
In dative hellene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular helle
2nd singular hels, helles
3rd singular helt, hellet
1st plural hellen
2nd plural helt, hellet
3rd plural hellen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular helle
2nd singular hels, helles
3rd singular helle
1st plural hellen
2nd plural helt, hellet
3rd plural hellen
Imperative Present
Singular hel, helle
Plural helt, hellet
Present Past
Participle hellende

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

hellen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of helle

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

hellen m (definite singular hellenen, indefinite plural hellenar, definite plural hellenane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of hellenar

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn). Attested since 1822.

Noun edit

hellen c

  1. Hellene

Declension edit

Declension of hellen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hellen hellenen hellener hellenerna
Genitive hellens hellenens helleners hellenernas

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