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hallo

See also: halló, Hallo, allô, and allo

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey +‎ lo.

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Interjection

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hallo

  1. Alternative form of hello
  2. (dated) A cry of surprise.
    • 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 98:
      It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the— But hallo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.

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Noun

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hallo (plural hallos or halloes)

  1. The cry "hallo!"
  2. A shout of exultation.

Verb

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hallo (third-person singular simple present hallos or halloes, present participle halloing, simple past and past participle halloed)

  1. (intransitive) To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
  2. (transitive) To chase while shouting "hallo!"
  3. (transitive) To cry "hallo" (to someone).
  4. (transitive) To shout (something).

Conjugation

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Conjugation of hallo
infinitive (to) hallo
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hallo halloed
2nd-person singular hallo, halloest† halloed, halloedst†
3rd-person singular hallos, halloes, halloeth† halloed
plural hallo
subjunctive hallo halloed
imperative hallo —
participles halloing halloed

†Archaic or obsolete.

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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hallo

  1. hello

Danish

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Etymology

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Imperative of Middle High German haln (“to fetch (a ferryman)”); see German hallo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /halɔ/, [haˈlɔ] or IPA(key): /halɔː/, [haˈlɔː]

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hallo

  1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)
  2. An exclamation to get attention.
  3. (as a noun, rare) n hello ("Hello!" or an equivalent greeting)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hello, halloo, hollo.

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɑˈloː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hal‧lo
  • Rhymes: -oː

Interjection

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hallo

  1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody) [from 19th c.]

Descendants

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  • Petjo: hallo
  • → Indonesian: halo

Estonian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑlˑo/, [ˈ(h)ɑlˑo]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlˑo
  • Hyphenation: hal‧lo

Interjection

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hallo

  1. hello (exclamation to indicate oneself, which usually is used when starting a telephone call)
  2. (informal) an exclamation indicating wonder, demand, disapproval
    Ma teen kõike üksi, hallo, mis mul viga on!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

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  • hallo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “hallo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

German

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Etymology

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Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related to Old High German holā, emphatic imperative of holōn (“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”), from Proto-West Germanic *holōn (“to fetch”). Also see French holà (“hey! stop!”).

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hallo

  1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)

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Interlingua

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Interjection

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hallo

  1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone or when meeting somebody)

Latin

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Noun

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hallō

  1. dative/ablative singular of hallus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German hallo, Hallo.

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hallo

  1. hello (greeting)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German hallo, Hallo.

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hallo

  1. hello (greeting)

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hello, halloo, hollo.

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hallo

  1. hello

Spanish

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Verb

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hallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hallar

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Dutch hallo.

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Interjection

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hallo

  1. hello

Further reading

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  • “hallo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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