hellen
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]hellen
- (intransitive) to incline
Conjugation
[edit]| 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
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German hëllen, from Old High German hëllan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (“to resound”).
Verb
[edit]hellen (weak, third-person singular present hellt, past tense hellte, past participle gehellt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | hellen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | hellend | ||||
| past participle | gehellt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich helle | wir hellen | i | ich helle | wir hellen |
| du hellst | ihr hellt | du hellest | ihr hellet | ||
| er hellt | sie hellen | er helle | sie hellen | ||
| preterite | ich hellte | wir hellten | ii | ich hellte1 | wir hellten1 |
| du helltest | ihr helltet | du helltest1 | ihr helltet1 | ||
| er hellte | sie hellten | er hellte1 | sie hellten1 | ||
| imperative | hell (du) helle (du) |
hellt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Ultimately from the same origin as the "brighten" sense of Etymology 1.
Adjective
[edit]hellen
- inflection of hell:
Further reading
[edit]- “hellen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “hellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “hellen” in Duden online
- “hellen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hellen
- inflection of hell:
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną.
Verb
[edit]hellen
Inflection
[edit]| 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 | — | |||||
Further reading
[edit]- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hellen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old High German hëllan, from Proto-West Germanic *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną. Cognate with Middle Dutch hellen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hëllen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present hillet, past tense hal, past participle gehollen, past subjunctive hülle, auxiliary hān)
- (intransitive) to sound, to resound, to ring out; to echo
- c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 13:
- c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 13:
- (intransitive) ? to hasten, to hurry, to rush, to move quickly
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | hëllen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive gerund | hëllennes hëllenes | ||||
| dative gerund | hëllenne hëllene | ||||
| present participle | hëllende | ||||
| past participle | gehollen | ||||
| auxiliary | hān | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich hille | wir hëllen | i | ich hëlle | wir hëllen |
| du hillest | ir hëllet | du hëllest | ir hëllet | ||
| ër hillet | sie hëllent | ër hëlle | sie hëllen | ||
| preterite | ich hal | wir hullen | ii | ich hülle | wir hüllen |
| du hülle | ir hullet | du hüllest | ir hüllet | ||
| ër hal | sie hullen | ër hülle | sie hüllen | ||
| imperative | hil (du) | hëllet (ir) | |||
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “hëllen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hellen m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]hellen m (definite singular hellenen, indefinite plural hellenar, definite plural hellenane)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn). Attested since 1822.
Noun
[edit]hellen c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hellen | hellens |
| definite | hellenen | hellenens | |
| plural | indefinite | hellener | helleners |
| definite | hellenerna | hellenernas |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hellen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “hellen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “hellen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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