hel

• IPA^(key): /heːl/, [heːˀl]

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

hel

1. whole
2. full
3. entire
4. intact, undamaged
5. complete
6. the hour, top of the hour

See the etymology of the main entry.

hel

1. imperative of hele

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

From Middle Dutch helle, from Old Dutch hella, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

hel f (plural hellen, diminutive helletje n)

1. (religion, mythology) hell, a diabolical aftermath
2. (figuratively) a terrible place or ordeal

   Hij maakte daarmee haar leven tot een hel.

   With that he made her life into a hell.

• hels
• hellemoer
• helleveeg

Cognate with German hell.

hel (comparative heller, superlative helst)

1. (archaic) bright

Cognate with English hall.

hel ? (plural hellen, diminutive helletje n)

1. hall, frozen spot

hel

1. first-person singular present indicative of hellen
2. imperative of hellen

• Dr. P.A.F. van Veen e.a., Etymologisch Woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden., Van Dale Lexicografie, 1989 [Dutch etymological dictionary, in Dutch]

From Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

• IPA^(key): /hɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

hel f (genitive singular heljar, no plural)

1. hell (underworld), death

The dative helju also occurs, mainly in the phrase heimta úr helju. The word is normally not used with suffixed article, but the genitive definite form, heljarinnar, occurs as an intensifier (meaning something like “hell of a”).

• helvíti

hel f

1. solution

• çare
• çareserî

• hel bûn
• hel kirin
• helbûn
• helkirin
• helbûyî
• helkirî

From Older Limburgish hèl, from Middle Dutch helle, from Old Dutch hella, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

hel f

1. hell
2. (figuratively) a bad place to be

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

From earlier helle.

hel (comparative helder, superlative hels, predicative superlative 't hèls)

1. hard, tough, difficult
2. hard, rough, pointed
3. hard, heavy
4. hard, solid
5. loud

From Old Norse heill (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

• heil

hel (neuter singular helt, definite singular and plural hele)

1. whole, unbroken

   Hun har ikke røykt på en hel uke.

   She hasn't smoked for a whole week.

   Jeg vet ikke, hele denne greia virker litt risikabel for meg.

   I don't know, this whole thing seems a little risky to me.

   Jeg tror ikke han forstår hvorfor, Harry, men han hadde det så travelt med å kveste sin egen sjel at han aldri tok seg tid til å forstå den uforliknelige kraft i en sjel som er uplettet og hel. (from page 463 of the Norwegian translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter og Halvblodsprinsen)

   I do not think he understands why, Harry, but he was in such a hurry to mutilate his own soul, he never paused to understand the incomparable power of a soul that is untarnished and whole. (from page 478 of the original British version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

2. pure, all

   Jeg fikk tak i en genser i hel ull, den blir god å ha når vinteren kommer.

   I got myself a pure wool sweater, it'll come in handy when winter arrives.

3. (used as a noun) it, all of it, the whole/entire thing

   Og det beste ved det hele er at jeg slipper å se deg i to, hele måneder!

   And the best part of it is that I don't have to see you for two whole months!

whole, unbroken, pure

See also terms derived from heil

hel

1. imperative of hele

• “hel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hel” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• Harry Potter og Halvblodsprinsen, →ISBN. Norwegian translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Torstein Bugge Høverstad.
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, →ISBN, by J.K. Rowling

From Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

hel (not inflected or declined in any way)

1. only used in with preposition i, "in, to": i hel, "to death, dead"

• helsott
• i hel

• hjel (Bokmål)

• “hel” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “hel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• hellja, hellia, *hell

From Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

hel f

1. hell

• hellifiur
• helligithwing
• heldor
• helliporta
• helsith
• helligrund
• helliwīti

• Middle Low German: helle
  • Westphalian:

    Sauerländisch: Helle

    Westmünsterländisch: Helle f, Hell m

  • Plautdietsch: Hal

From Dutch geel.

hel

1. yellow

• IPA^(key): /xɛl/

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hel m inan

1. helium

hel

1. to like
2. to find

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

• IPA^(key): /heːl/

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hel (comparative helare, superlative helast)

1. whole; complete
2. not broken; in order

• IPA^(key): /hɛl/

hel (first-person singular present helaf)

1. to send, to drive, to chase
2. to collect, to gather
3. to frequent, to visit often

• (to send): danfon, gyrru, anfon
• (to collect): casglu, crynhoi
• (to frequent): mynychu, ymweld