Helga

See also: helga

English

Etymology

Old Norse Helga ("holy"), a pre-Christian term, feminine form of Helgi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɡə/

Proper noun

Helga

  1. A female given name. occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Old Norse Helga.

Proper noun

Helga

  1. a female given name.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Helga

Proper noun

Helga

  1. A female given name..

Estonian

Proper noun

Helga

  1. A female given name., ultimately from Old Norse Helga.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Helga.

Proper noun

Helga f

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Helga: Helguson
  • daughter of Helga: Helgudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Helga
Accusative Helgu
Dative Helgu
Genitive Helgu

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Helga

  1. A female given name. borrowed from Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Helga.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛlɡɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Hel‧ga

Proper noun

Helga

  1. A female given name..

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Helga Helgák
accusative Helgát Helgákat
dative Helgának Helgáknak
instrumental Helgával Helgákkal
causal-final Helgáért Helgákért
translative Helgává Helgákká
terminative Helgáig Helgákig
essive-formal Helgaként Helgákként
essive-modal — —
inessive Helgában Helgákban
superessive Helgán Helgákon
adessive Helgánál Helgáknál
illative Helgába Helgákba
sublative Helgára Helgákra
allative Helgához Helgákhoz
elative Helgából Helgákból
delative Helgáról Helgákról
ablative Helgától Helgáktól
Possessive forms of Helga
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Helgám Helgáim
2nd person sing. Helgád Helgáid
3rd person sing. Helgája Helgái
1st person plural Helgánk Helgáink
2nd person plural Helgátok Helgáitok
3rd person plural Helgájuk Helgáik


Icelandic

Proper noun

Helga

  1. A female given name. borrowed from Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Helga.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Helga

Proper noun

Helga

  1. A female given name..

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • Hǫlga

Etymology

From the Old Norse adjectives helga, a weak forms of *heiligr (“happy, lucky”).

The alternative form Hǫlga stems from the Old Norse adjective hǫlga, a weak form of *heilugr.

Cognate to the male given names Helgi and Hǫlgi.

Proper noun

Helga f

  1. A female given name..

Descendants

References

  • Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
  • Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964

Portuguese

Proper noun

Helga f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Helga.

Slovak

Etymology

From Swedish Helga, from Old Norse Helga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛɫɡa/

Proper noun

Helga f (genitive Helgy, nominative plural Helgy) declension pattern žena

  1. A female given name.

Declension

  • Helga in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Helga

Proper noun

Helga c (genitive Helgas)

  1. A female given name..
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