See also: Hellen

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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hellen

  1. (intransitive) to incline

Conjugation

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Conjugation 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, hel2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German hellen, from Old High German hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (to resound).

Verb

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

  1. (poetic) to brighten
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Ultimately from the same origin as the "brighten" sense of Etymology 1.

Adjective

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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

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Adjective

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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

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Etymology

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

Verb

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hellen

  1. to sound, resound

Inflection

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Conjugation of hellen (weak)
infinitive base form hellen
genitive hellens
dative hellene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular helle helle
2nd person singular hels, helles hels, helles
3rd person singular helt, hellet helle
1st person plural hellen hellen
2nd person plural helt, hellet helt, hellet
3rd person plural hellen hellen
imperative
singular hel, helle
plural helt, hellet
present past
participle hellende

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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hellen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of helle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of hellenar

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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hellen c

  1. Hellene

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