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Hellen

Hellen

See also: hellen

English

Proper noun

Hellen

  1. (Greek mythology) the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus

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Translations

hellen

hellen

See also: Hellen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛlən]

Adjective

hellen

  1. inflected form of ****

Verb

hellen (third-person singular simple present hellt, past tense hellte, past participle gehellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (poetic) to brighten

Conjugation


Luxembourgish

Adjective

hellen

  1. inflected form of ****

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną.

Verb

hellen

  1. to sound, resound

Inflection

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

hellen m, f

  1. definite masculine singular of helle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

hellen m (definite singular hellenen, indefinite plural hellenar, definite plural hellenane)

  1. Greek, particularly someone from Ancient Greece

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