helt

See also: Helt and hëlt

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛlˀt/, [ˈhɛlˀd̥]

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

  • IPA(key): /hɛlˀt/, [ˈhɛlˀd̥]

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

  • IPA(key): /heːˀlt/, [ˈheˀld̥]

Adjective

helt

  1. neuter singular of hel

Adverb

helt

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

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

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
      2. past participle of helle

      References

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology

      From Middle Low German helt.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /hɛlt/

      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

      • IPA(key): /heːlt/
      • Audio:(file)

      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

      Yola

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /hɛlt/, /hʊlt̪/

      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