heller

Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.

heller (plural hellers)

1. (historical) A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
2. A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.

1890–95, Americanism; short for hell-raiser.

heller (plural hellers)

1. A noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.

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See hellere.

heller

1. Obsolete spelling of hellere
   • 1843, Ludvig baron Holberg, Den danske Skueplads eller Ludwig Holbergs: samtlige Comodier i eet Bind, page 124

     Nei jeg vil heller være misundt, end foragtet.

   • 1907, Knut Hamsun, Samlede romaner og fortællinger: Folkeudgave

     Jeg vil heller — heller skære lidt Tænder uden Øl.

Old Norse heldr

heller

1. (negated) either

   Jeg har heller ikke noget bord.

   I do not have a table, either.

   Der er heller ingen læger her.

   There are no doctors here, either.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ

heller

1. comparative degree of hell
2. inflection of helle:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

heller

1. feminine dative of hell

From Old Norse heldr.

heller

1. rather

   heller ... enn - rather ... than

2. heller ikke - not ... either, neither

heller m or f

1. indefinite plural of helle

heller

1. present of helle

• “heller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse heldr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlːɛr/

heller

1. comparative degree of gjerne

heller

1. rather

   heller ... enn - rather ... than

2. heller ikkje - not ... either, neither

• IPA^(key): /²hɛlːɛr/

heller f

1. indefinite plural of helle

• “heller” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse heldr.

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• Homophone: häller

heller (not comparable)

1. either, (in practice since always used with a negative) neither

   inte heller den

   not that one either

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