hel

See also: Hel, hæl, and he'l

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heːl/, [heːˀl]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

Adjective

hel

  1. whole
  2. full
  3. entire
  4. intact, undamaged
  5. complete
  6. the hour, top of the hour
Inflection
Inflection of hel
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular hel — —2
Neuter singular helt — —2
Plural hele — —2
Definite attributive1 hele — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

hel

  1. imperative of hele

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch helle, from Old Dutch hella, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

Noun

hel f (plural hellen, diminutive helletje n)

  1. (religion, mythology) hell, a diabolical aftermath
  2. (figuratively) a terrible place or ordeal
    Hij maakte daarmee haar leven tot een hel.
    With that he made her life into a hell.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with German hell.

Adjective

hel (comparative heller, superlative helst)

  1. (archaic) bright
Inflection
Inflection of hel
uninflected hel
inflected helle
comparative heller
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial helhellerhet helst
het helste
indefinite m./f. sing. hellehellerehelste
n. sing. helhellerhelste
plural hellehellerehelste
definite hellehellerehelste
partitive helshellers—

Etymology 3

Cognate with English hall.

Noun

hel ? (plural hellen, diminutive helletje n)

  1. hall, frozen spot

Etymology 4

Verb

hel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hellen
  2. imperative of hellen

References

  • Dr. P.A.F. van Veen e.a., Etymologisch Woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden., Van Dale Lexicografie, 1989 [Dutch etymological dictionary, in Dutch]

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

hel f (genitive singular heljar, no plural)

  1. hell (underworld), death

Declension

The dative helju also occurs, mainly in the phrase heimta úr helju. The word is normally not used with suffixed article, but the genitive definite form, heljarinnar, occurs as an intensifier (meaning something like “hell of a”).

Kurdish

Noun

hel f

  1. solution

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • hel bûn
  • hel kirin
  • helbûn
  • helkirin
  • helbûyî
  • helkirî

Limburgish

Etymology 1

From Older Limburgish hèl, from Middle Dutch helle, from Old Dutch hella, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

Noun

hel f

  1. hell
  2. (figuratively) a bad place to be
Inflection
Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative hel ? helke helkes
Genitive hels ? helkes helkes
Locative helles helleser helleske helleskes
Dative¹ helle ? ? ?
Accusative¹ hel ? helke helkes
  • Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

Etymology 2

From earlier helle.

Adjective

hel (comparative helder, superlative hels, predicative superlative 't hèls)

  1. hard, tough, difficult
  2. hard, rough, pointed
  3. hard, heavy
  4. hard, solid
  5. loud
Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heill (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

Alternative forms

Adjective

hel (neuter singular helt, definite singular and plural hele)

  1. whole, unbroken
    Hun har ikke røykt på en hel uke.
    She hasn't smoked for a whole week.
    Jeg vet ikke, hele denne greia virker litt risikabel for meg.
    I don't know, this whole thing seems a little risky to me.
    Jeg tror ikke han forstår hvorfor, Harry, men han hadde det så travelt med å kveste sin egen sjel at han aldri tok seg tid til å forstå den uforliknelige kraft i en sjel som er uplettet og hel. (from page 463 of the Norwegian translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter og Halvblodsprinsen)
    I do not think he understands why, Harry, but he was in such a hurry to mutilate his own soul, he never paused to understand the incomparable power of a soul that is untarnished and whole. (from page 478 of the original British version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
  2. pure, all
    Jeg fikk tak i en genser i hel ull, den blir god å ha når vinteren kommer.
    I got myself a pure wool sweater, it'll come in handy when winter arrives.
  3. (used as a noun) it, all of it, the whole/entire thing
    Og det beste ved det hele er at jeg slipper å se deg i to, hele måneder!
    And the best part of it is that I don't have to see you for two whole months!
Synonyms
whole, unbroken, pure
Derived terms
  • hele børsposter/heile børsposter
  • hele greia/heile greia
  • hele hurven/heile hurven
  • hele sulamitten/heile sulamitten
  • i det hele tatt/i det heile tatt
  • i det store og hele/i det store og heile
  • ikke i det hele tatt/ikke i det heile tatt

Etymology 2

Verb

hel

  1. imperative of hele

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

Noun

hel (not inflected or declined in any way)

  1. only used in with preposition i, "in, to": i hel, "to death, dead"

Derived terms

References

  • “hel” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “hel” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

Noun

hel f

  1. hell

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: helle
    • Westphalian:
      Sauerländisch: Helle
      Westmünsterländisch: Helle f, Hell m
    • Plautdietsch: Hal

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch geel.

Adjective

hel

  1. yellow

Polish

Chemical element
He Previous: wodór (H)
Next: lit (Li)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛl/
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Noun

hel m inan

  1. helium

Declension

Somali

Verb

hel

  1. to like
  2. to find

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heːl/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

hel (comparative helare, superlative helast)

  1. whole; complete
  2. not broken; in order

Declension

Inflection of hel
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hel helare helast
Neuter singular helt helare helast
Plural hela helare helast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hele helare helaste
All hela helare helaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛl/

Verb

hel (first-person singular present helaf)

  1. to send, to drive, to chase
  2. to collect, to gather
  3. to frequent, to visit often

Conjugation

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
hel unchanged unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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