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Helle

Helle

See also: helle

Danish

Proper noun

Helle

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 673 females with the given name Helle have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

Variant of Helena (Helen) also associated with **** (tender); comparable to Finnish ****ä.

Proper noun

Helle

  1. A female given name.

German

Etymology 1

Noun

Helle n

  1. pale lager

Etymology 2

Noun

Helle f

  1. brightness

Norwegian

Proper noun

Helle

  1. A female given name borrowed from Danish.

helle

helle

See also: Helle

Dutch

Verb

helle

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of hellen

Finnish

(index he)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhelːe(ʔ)/
  • Hyphenation: hel‧le
  • Rhymes: -e

Etymology

From an earlier *šelte, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian šiltas. Related with Latin calidus, calor.

Noun

helle

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

Declension

Inflection of helle (Kotus type 48/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

Usage notes

In Finnish weather forecasts the term helle is used of temperatures above +25 °C.

Compounds

helleaalto


German

Etymology

Cognate with German ****, Dutch hel.

Pronunciation

Adjective

helle (comparative heller, superlative am hellesten)

  1. bright

Declension


Limburgish

Etymology 1

Unclear.

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 ouc vröntjelik vs die vrów is helle
Declension

Etymology 2

From hel

Noun

helle f

  1. (obsolete) dative singular of hel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hella, from hallr (stone).

Noun

helle f, 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 ****, 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

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