helt

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See also: Helt and hëlt

Danish

Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German helt (“hero”) or German Held (“hero”), from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“hero”).

Pronunciation

Noun

helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helte)

  1. hero (a person who shows great courage and carries out extraordinary deeds)
  2. hero (a person who helps other selflessly)
  3. hero (a rolemodel)
  4. hero (the protagonist in a narrative)
Declension
Declension of helt
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative helt helten helte heltene
genitive helts heltens heltes heltenes
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Old Danish hielth, possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *heltą (“hilt”).

Pronunciation

Noun

helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helt)

  1. whitefish (especially the species Coregonus lavaretus).
Declension
Declension of helt
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative helt helten helt heltene
genitive helts heltens helts heltenes

References

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

helt

  1. neuter singular of hel

Adverb

helt

  1. completely, altogether, quite, fully, totally, absolutely
  2. quite, fairly

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

helt

  1. inflection of hellen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heill.

Adjective

helt

  1. neuter singular of hel

Adverb

helt

  1. completely, altogether, quite, fully, totally, absolutely, wholly
  2. quite, fairly

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German helt (“hero”).

Noun

helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural helter, definite plural heltene)

  1. a hero (person of great bravery)
  2. a hero (main protagonist)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Verb

helt

  1. past participle of hele (Etymology 4)
  2. past participle of helle

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German helt.

Pronunciation

Noun

helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural heltar, definite plural heltane)

  1. a hero (person of great bravery)
  2. a hero (main protagonist)

Derived terms

See also

References

Old Norse

Verb

helt

  1. inflection of halda:
    1. first-person singular past indicative active
    2. third-person singular past indicative active

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

helt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of hel

Adverb

helt (not comparable)

  1. entirely, absolutely, wholly, completely

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English health.

Noun

helt

  1. health

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English helen, from Old English helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan.

Pronunciation

Verb

helt (past participle hole)

  1. covered, buried, interred

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46
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