helle

See also: Helle

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

helle

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of hellen

Noun

helle

  1. (archaic) Genitive singular form of hel
  2. (archaic) Dative singular form of hel

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhelːeˣ/, [ˈhe̞lːe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -elːe
  • Syllabification(key): hel‧le

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *heldeh (compare Karelian helleh), from an earlier *šelteš, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šiltas).

Noun

helle

  1. hot weather, swelter.
  2. (rare, chiefly figuratively) A hot place or heat.
Usage notes

As a technical term, in Finnish weather forecasts the term helle is used of temperatures above +25 °C.

Declension
Inflection of helle (Kotus type 48*I/hame, lt-ll gradation)
nominative helle helteet
genitive helteen helteiden
helteitten
partitive hellettä helteitä
illative helteeseen helteisiin
helteihin
singular plural
nominative helle helteet
accusative nom. helle helteet
gen. helteen
genitive helteen helteiden
helteitten
partitive hellettä helteitä
inessive helteessä helteissä
elative helteestä helteistä
illative helteeseen helteisiin
helteihin
adessive helteellä helteillä
ablative helteeltä helteiltä
allative helteelle helteille
essive helteenä helteinä
translative helteeksi helteiksi
instructive heltein
abessive helteettä helteittä
comitative helteineen
Possessive forms of helle (type hame)
possessor singular plural
1st person helteeni helteemme
2nd person helteesi helteenne
3rd person helteensä
Compounds

Noun

helle

  1. allative singular of he

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hellen, from the root of hell (clear, bright). Cognate with German hell, Dutch hel.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

helle (strong nominative masculine singular heller, comparative heller, superlative am hellesten or am hellsten)

  1. (regional, Northern Germany, Berlin) clever, smart, bright

Declension

Further reading

  • helle” in Duden online
  • helle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Karelian

Noun

helle

  1. heat

Limburgish

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Adjective

helle (comparative helder, superlative helles, predicative superlative 't hèls)

  1. hard
  2. loud
Usage notes

Root changed into hel, only used as last word of a phrase.

de hel vrów/de vrów is hel, mer ouch vröntjelik vs. die vrów is helle
Declension

Etymology 2

From hel.

Noun

helle f

  1. (obsolete) dative singular of hel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hella, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju.

Noun

helle f

  1. Hell
  2. underworld

Inflection

Weak feminine
Singular Plural
Nominative helle hellen
Accusative helle hellen
Genitive hellen hellen
Dative helle, hellen hellen

Descendants

  • Dutch: hel
  • Limburgish: hel

Further reading

  • helle (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), helle (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛl(ə)/

Proper noun

helle (genitive helles or helle)

  1. Hell (the Christian place of damnation)
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 10:28, page 4v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      and nyle ȝe dꝛede hem þat moun ſle þe bodi .· foꝛ þei moun not ſle þe ſoule / but raþere dꝛede ȝe hym þat mai leeſe boþe bodi and ſoule in to helle
      But don't fear those who can kill the body, because they can't kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who can destroy both the body and soul in Hell.
  2. Limbo (waiting place for souls)
  3. (by extension) The underworld in Greco-Roman legend.

Descendants

References

Noun

helle (plural helles, genitive helles or helle)

  1. Death, mortality.
  2. A place of suffering or evil.

Descendants

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hella, from hallr (stone).

Noun

helle f or m (definite singular hella or hellen, indefinite plural heller, definite plural hellene)

  1. flat stone
  2. disc made of iron
Synonyms
  • (disc made of iron): takke
Derived terms
  • bakstehelle

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hella, from hallr (slope, incline).

Verb

helle (imperative hell, present tense heller, simple past hellet or helte, past participle hellet or helt, present participle hellende)

  1. to slope, incline
  2. to near an end.
    Dagen heller.
    The day nears its end.
  3. to pour (something)
Synonyms
Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hella, from hallr (stone).

Noun

helle f (definite singular hella, indefinite plural heller, definite plural hellene)

  1. flat stone
  2. disc made of iron

Synonyms

  • (disc made of iron): takke

Derived terms

  • bakstehelle

References


Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ingrian hellä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈhelːæ/, [ˈhelːə]
  • Rhymes: -elːæ
  • Hyphenation: hel‧le

Adjective

helle

  1. sensitive
  2. gentle, tender

Inflection

Declension of helle (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative helle helled
genitive hellä hellije, helli
partitive hellä hellite, helli
illative hellä, helläse hellije, hellise
inessive hellez helliz
elative hellesse hellisse
allative hellele hellile
adessive hellelle hellille
ablative hellelte hellilte
translative hellessi hellissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), hellä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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