hallo

See also: halló and Hallo

English

Etymology

From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey +‎ lo.

Interjection

hallo

  1. Alternative form of hello
  2. (dated) A cry of surprise.

Synonyms

Noun

hallo (plural hallos or halloes)

  1. The cry "hallo!"
  2. A shout of exultation.

Verb

hallo (third-person singular simple present hallos or halloes, present participle halloing, simple past and past participle halloed)

  1. (intransitive) To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
  2. (transitive) To chase while shouting "hallo!"
  3. (transitive) To cry "hallo" (to someone).
  4. (transitive) To shout (something).

Conjugation
conjugation of hallo
infinitive hallo
present participle halloing
past participle halloed
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I hallo we hallo I am halloing we are halloing I have halloed we have halloed I have been halloing we have been halloing
you hallo you hallo you are halloing you are halloing you have halloed you have halloed you have been halloing you have been halloing
he hallos they hallo he is halloing they are halloing he has halloed they have halloed he has been halloing they have been halloing
past I halloed we halloed I was halloing we were halloing I had halloed we had halloed I had been halloing we had been halloing
you halloed you halloed you were halloing you were halloing you had halloed you had halloed you had been halloing you had been halloing
he halloed they halloed he was halloing they were halloing he had halloed they had halloed he had been halloing they had been halloing
future I will hallo we will hallo I will be halloing we will be halloing I will have halloed we will have halloed I will have been halloing we will have been halloing
you will hallo you will hallo you will be halloing you will be halloing you will have halloed you will have halloed you will have been halloing you will have been halloing
he will hallo they will hallo he will be halloing they will be halloing he will have halloed they will have halloed he will have been halloing they will have been halloing
conditional I would hallo we would hallo I would be halloing we would be halloing I would have halloed we would have halloed I would have been halloing we would have been halloing
you would hallo you would hallo you would be halloing you would be halloing you would have halloed you would have halloed you would have been halloing you would have been halloing
he would hallo they would hallo he would be halloing they would be halloing he would have halloed they would have halloed he would have been halloing they would have been halloing
imperative hallo

See also
  • lo
  • Category:Greetings

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦaləu/

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /halɔ/, [haˈlɔ] or IPA(key): /halɔː/, [haˈlɔː]

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)
  2. (as a noun, rare) n hello ("Hello!" or an equivalent greeting)

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦɑˈloː/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -oː

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)

Estonian

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhalo/, /haˈloː/
  • (file)

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)

Derived terms

Further reading

Interlingua

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone or when meeting somebody)

Latin

Noun

hallō

  1. dative singular of hallus
  2. ablative singular of hallus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German hallo, Hallo.

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello (greeting)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German hallo, Hallo.

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello (greeting)

References

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haˈɫoː/

Interjection

hallo

  1. Hello.

Spanish

Verb

hallo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of hallar.

West Frisian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haˈloː/

Interjection

hallo

  1. hello

Further reading
  • “hallo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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