helen

See also: Helen and Helén

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.lə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: he‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêlen, from Old Dutch *hēlen, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną.

Verb

helen

  1. (ergative) To heal.
    • 1805, IJsbrand van Hamelsveld (tr.), Jeremiah 46, 11, De Bijbel, uit het Hebreeuwsch. Het Oude Testament, Johannes Allart (publ.), page 908.
      Ga vrij naa Gileäd! om balzemen te halen, / Egijptisch maagd! Vergeefs bereidt gij artzenij; / Daar 's geen genezen aan, geen helen aan uw wonden!
      Go off to Gilead to get some balms, / Egyptian virgin! In vain you prepare medicine; / There is no curing, no healing for your wounds!
    De tijd die alle wonden heelt.
    The time that heals all wounds. (Marco Borsato – Wereld Zonder Jou)
Inflection
Inflection of helen (weak)
infinitive helen
past singular heelde
past participle geheeld
infinitive helen
gerund helen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular heel heelde
2nd person sing. (jij) heelt heelde
2nd person sing. (u) heelt heelde
2nd person sing. (gij) heelt heelde
3rd person singular heelt heelde
plural helen heelden
subjunctive sing.1 hele heelde
subjunctive plur.1 helen heelden
imperative sing. heel
imperative plur.1 heelt
participles helend geheeld
1) Archaic.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hēlen, from Old Dutch *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“hide, conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti. The modern sense is probably borrowed from early modern German hehlen.

Verb

helen

  1. To accept (and sell) stolen goods; to fence.
    Je hebt die spullen geheeld en dat is strafbaar.
    You have accepted those stolen things and that is illegal.
Inflection
Inflection of helen (weak)
infinitive helen
past singular heelde
past participle geheeld
infinitive helen
gerund helen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular heel heelde
2nd person sing. (jij) heelt heelde
2nd person sing. (u) heelt heelde
2nd person sing. (gij) heelt heelde
3rd person singular heelt heelde
plural helen heelden
subjunctive sing.1 hele heelde
subjunctive plur.1 helen heelden
imperative sing. heel
imperative plur.1 heelt
participles helend geheeld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti.

Verb

hēlen

  1. to hide, to conceal, to keep secret, to keep quiet
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *hēlen, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną.

Verb

hêlen

  1. to heal, to make better
  2. to fix, to mend, to repair
  3. to make whole
Inflection
Weak
Infinitive hêlen
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive hêlen
In genitive hêlens
In dative hêlene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular hêle —
2nd singular hêels, hêles —
3rd singular hêelt, hêlet —
1st plural hêlen —
2nd plural hêelt, hêlet —
3rd plural hêlen —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular hêle —
2nd singular hêels, hêles —
3rd singular hêle —
1st plural hêlen —
2nd plural hêelt, hêlet —
3rd plural hêlen —
Imperative Present
Singular hêel, hêle
Plural hêelt, hêlet
Present Past
Participle hêlende —
Alternative forms
Descendants

Further reading

  • “helen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “helen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “helen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “heelen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English hǣlan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną.

Verb

helen (third-person singular simple present heleth, present participle helende, simple past and past participle heled)

  1. to heal

Conjugation

Descendants

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