helvede

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse helvíti, from Hel, hel (“the goddess of the realm of the dead”) (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) + víti (“punishment”). Compare Norwegian and Swedish helvete, Icelandic and Faroese helvíti, also Old English hellewīte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlvedə/, [ˈhɛ̝lvð̩ə]

Noun

helvede n (singular definite helvedet, plural indefinite helveder)

1. a hell

Derived terms

• af helvede til
• for helvede
• helvedes
• i helvede