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

• antihelt
• drømmehelt
• filmhelt
• frihedshelt
• heltedyrkelse
• heltegerning
• heltesagn
• heltinde
• krigshelt
• nationalhelt
• sportshelt
• superhelt
• søhelt
• tøffelhelt

 

References

• “helt,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• “helt,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• “helt,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• folkehelt
• nasjonalhelt

See also

• heltinne

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• hela, helet (of hele)
• hellet (of helle)

Verb

helt

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

References

• “helt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• folkehelt
• nasjonalhelt

See also

• heltinne

References

• “helt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• hulth

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɫt/, /hʊɫt/

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