different between hellen vs hellas

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch helden. The loss of the d occurred by reanalysis of the past tense form helde as consisting of hel-de rather than held-de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l?(n)/
• Hyphenation: hel?len
• Rhymes: -?l?n

Verb

hellen

1. (intransitive) to incline

Inflection

Derived terms

• helling
• overhellen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?l?n/

Adjective

hellen

1. inflection of hell:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Verb

hellen (weak, third-person singular present hellt, past tense hellte, past participle gehellt, auxiliary haben)

1. (poetic) to brighten

Conjugation

Derived terms

• aufhellen
• erhellen

Further reading

• “hellen” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Adjective

hellen

1. inflection of hell:
   1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
   2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
   3. strong/weak dative plural

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellan?.

Verb

hellen

1. to sound, resound

Inflection

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “hellen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hella

Noun

hellen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of helle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hellen m (definite singular hellenen, indefinite plural hellenar, definite plural hellenane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by hellenar