English

Proper noun

Hella

1. Any of various place names (see Wikipedia for places with this name).

German

Proper noun

Hella

1. A female given name, a variant of Helene and Helga.

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛ.lə/

Determiner

hella

1. (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.

   There are hella people here.

Synonyms

• (intensifier; much or many): mad

Pronoun

hella

1. (slang, chiefly Northern California) a lot; or, a **** of a lot.

   We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.

Adverb

hella ‎(not comparable)

1. (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.

   I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.

   Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.

   Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.

2. (slang, chiefly US) Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.

   I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.

   I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.

   • 2014, Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off":

     "And to the fella over there / With the hella good hair / Won't you come on over, baby / We can shake, shake, shake"

Synonyms

• (extremely, modifies adjectives): wicked (especially northeastern US)

Interjection

hella

1. (slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; **** yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.

   "We definitely rocked that **** man!" "Hella!"

Related terms

• hecka (euphemism)
• helluv
• helluva

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:hella.

Etymology 2

Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "**** have", approximating casual speech in writing.

Contraction

hella

1. (nonstandard) **** have.

   Where the hella you been?

References

• Waksler, Rachelle (San Francisco State University), "A HELLA New Specifier".

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish häll.

Noun

hella

1. range (for cooking)
2. oven

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

hella f ‎(genitive singular hellu, nominative plural hellur)

1. a paver; a stone or cast slab, a paving block

   Að leggja hellur.

   To pave.

Derived terms

Concrete paver blocks in a circular pattern.

• eldunarhella (a hob)
• fá hellu fyrir eyrun (to get one's ears stopped up)
• fyrri neðan allar hellur
• hella niður
• hellanleiki (pourability)
• helluleggja
• rafmagnssteikingarhella (electric griddle grill)
• steypt hella (cast stone, concrete paving unit)
• suðuhella (boiling ring)

Verb

hella ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hellti, supine hellt)

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to pour

   Ég hellti öllu gosinu þínu.

   I poured all your soda.

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hellen

Noun

hella m, f

1. definite feminine singular of helle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hella f

1. definite singular of helle