hellen

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛlə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: hel‧len
• Rhymes: -ɛlən

hellen

1. (intransitive) to incline

• helling
• overhellen

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlən/

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From Middle High German hellen, from Old High German hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (“to resound”).

hellen (weak, third-person singular present hellt, past tense hellte, past participle gehellt, auxiliary haben)

1. (poetic) to brighten

• aufhellen
• erhellen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Ultimately from the same origin as the "brighten" sense of Etymology 1.

hellen

1. inflection of hell:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

• “hellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “hellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “hellen” in Duden online
• “hellen” in OpenThesaurus.de

hellen

1. inflection of hell:
   1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
   2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
   3. strong/weak dative plural

From Old Dutch *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną.

hellen

1. to sound, resound

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hellen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• hella

hellen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of helle

hellen m (definite singular hellenen, indefinite plural hellenar, definite plural hellenane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of hellenar

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn). Attested since 1822.

hellen c

1. Hellene

• hellensk

• hellenism
• hellenist

• hellen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hellen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hellen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)