Hilfe

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German

Alternative forms

  • Hülfe (obsolete, used in variation until the early 20th century)

Etymology

From Middle High German helfe, hilfe, from Old High German helfa, hilfa, from Proto-West Germanic , from Proto-Germanic *helpō, *hilpiz (“help”), from Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Among the three Middle High German variants helfe, hilfe, hülfe, the i-form is phonetically intermediate, but in Modern German the northern Hülfe was long predominant. Hilfe was supported, however, by the parallelism with du hilfst, er hilft, and was declared the exclusive standard during the spelling reforms of the early 20th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪlfə/
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  • Hyphenation: Hil‧fe

Noun

Hilfe f (genitive Hilfe, plural Hilfen)

  1. help, aid
    1. (usually uncountable) the act of helping, assistance
      Erste Hilfe ― first aid
    2. (countable) a thing or person that helps
      Schwimmhilfe ― swimming aid
      Haushaltshilfe ― home help, housekeeper

Declension

Declension of Hilfe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hilfe die Hilfen
genitive einer der Hilfe der Hilfen
dative einer der Hilfe den Hilfen
accusative eine die Hilfe die Hilfen

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