häll

See also: hall, Hall, háll, Häll, håll, and hæll

Estonian

Etymology

Related to äl.

Noun

häll (genitive hälli, partitive hälli)

1. cradle

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “häll”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛl/

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Etymology 1

Hällar in Sweden

From Old Swedish hal, from Old Norse hallr, from Proto-Germanic *halluz.

Noun

häll c

1. a more or less flat, often sloping section of rock surface
2. a slab of hewn rock (for some purpose)
3. a cooktop (flat surface with an assembly of burners for cooking)

Declension

Declension of häll
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	häll	hällen	hällar	hällarna
Genitive	hälls	hällens	hällars	hällarnas

Derived terms

• hällberg
• hällristning
• induktionshäll

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

häll

1. imperative of hälla

References

• häll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

References

• häll in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• häll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• häll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)