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Danish
Noun
hallen c
- definite singular of hal
Noun
hallen c
- definite singular of hall
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
hallen
- plural of hal
German
Etymology
From Middle High German hallen, from the root of Hall.
Pronunciation
Verb
hallen (weak, third-person singular present hallt, past tense hallte, past participle gehallt, auxiliary haben)
- to echo
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
Durch die noch leeren dunklen Straßen hallte der Hufschlag nahender Pferde auf dem feuchten Pflaster, lange ehe etwas von ihnen zu sehen war.- Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.
- 1815, Franz Schubert, Dem Unendlichen, D.291, 5th Verse:
Ihr Welten, ihr donnert / Du, der Posaunen Chor, hallest / Nie es ganz: Gott – nie es ganz: Gott, / Gott, Gott ist es, den ihr preist!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
hallen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
hallen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “hallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “hallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “hallen” in Duden online
- “hallen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
hallen m
- definite singular of hall
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hallen m
- definite singular of hall
Spanish
Verb
hallen
- inflection of hallar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Swedish
Noun
hallen
- definite singular of hall