helt
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Low German helt (“hero”) or German Held (“hero”), from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“hero”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helte)
- hero (a person who shows great courage and carries out extraordinary deeds)
- hero (a person who helps other selflessly)
- hero (a rolemodel)
- hero (the protagonist in a narrative)
InflectionEdit
Declension of helt
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “helt,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Danish hielth, possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *heltą (“hilt”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helt)
- whitefish (especially the species Coregonus lavaretus).
InflectionEdit
Declension of helt
ReferencesEdit
- “helt,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
helt
AdverbEdit
helt
ReferencesEdit
- “helt,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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VerbEdit
helt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of hellen
- (archaic) plural imperative of hellen
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
helt
AdverbEdit
helt
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Low German helt (“hero”).
NounEdit
helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural helter, definite plural heltene)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
helt
- past participle of hele (Etymology 4)
- past participle of helle
ReferencesEdit
- “helt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German helt.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural heltar, definite plural heltane)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “helt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old NorseEdit
VerbEdit
helt
- inflection of halda:
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
helt
AdverbEdit
helt (not comparable)
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
helt
YolaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English helen, from Old English helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan.
VerbEdit
helt
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 46