Hilfe
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Hülfe (obsolete, used in variation until the early 20th century)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German helfe, hilfe, from Old High German helfa, hilfa, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *helpō, *hilpiz (“help”), from Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Among the three Middle High German variants helfe, hilfe, hülfe, the i-form is phonetically intermediate, but in Modern German the northern Hülfe was long predominant. Hilfe was supported, however, by the parallelism with du hilfst, er hilft, and was declared the exclusive standard during the spelling reforms of the early 20th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hilfe f (genitive Hilfe, plural Hilfen)
- help, aid
- (usually uncountable) the act of helping, assistance
- Erste Hilfe ― first aid
- (countable) a thing or person that helps
- Schwimmhilfe ― swimming aid
- Haushaltshilfe ― home help, housekeeper
- (usually uncountable) the act of helping, assistance
Declension edit
Declension of Hilfe [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- hilfreich, hilfsbedürftig, Hilfsmittel, Hilfssprache, Hilfsverb, Hilfswissenschaft, Hilfswort, Hilfszeitwort
- Abhilfe, Aushilfe, Beihilfe, Entwicklungshilfe, Erste Hilfe, Geburtshilfe, Küchenhilfe
- mithilfe, mit Hilfe, Mithilfe
- Nachhilfe, Nothilfe, Rettungshilfe, Soforthilfe, Sterbehilfe, Überbrückungshilfe
- helfen
Further reading edit
- “Hilfe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Hilfe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hilfe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hilfe” in Duden online
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