Halse

See also: halse and Hälse

English

Proper noun

Halse

1. A small village in Greatworth parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5640).
2. A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST1428).
3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Woodford Halse

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalzə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Hal‧se

Etymology 1

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Noun

Halse f (genitive Halse, plural Halsen)

1. (sailing) gybe (manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind)
2. (figuratively) an unexpected change of mind

Declension

Declension of Halse [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Halse	die	Halsen
genitive	einer	der	Halse	der	Halsen
dative	einer	der	Halse	den	Halsen
accusative	eine	die	Halse	die	Halsen

Related terms

• halsen

Etymology 2

Noun

Halse

1. (archaic) dative singular of Hals

Further reading

• Halse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Halse” in Duden online
• “Halse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Halse” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Manx

Noun

Halse m

1. Lenited form of Çhalse.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Çhalse	Halse	Jalse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.