Hell

See also: hell and he'll

English

Hell nearby the Værnes airport in Stjørdal, Norway

Proper noun

Hell

1. Alternative spelling of Hel.
2. Alternative form of Hela.
3. Alternative letter-case form of hell.
   • 2016, Bill Porter, The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan‎^[1], Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:

     In ancient times, Turfan was called Huochou, or Fire City, which was not inappropriate. Turfan is located in the lowest depression in Asia, just a notch above Hell.

4. Any of various places so named.
   1. A village in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway; was the administrative center of Lånke municipality, which existed until 1962.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German helle, from Old High German hellia, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju. Cognate with German Hölle, Dutch hel, English hell, Icelandic hel.

Noun

Hell f

1. (Uri) hell

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as in hello in the middle of the twelfth century. Presumably a compound of Middle Dutch helle (“lowland, marshy area”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil”). An alternative interpretation reads the toponym as a compound of Middle Dutch hel (“bright, clear”) and lo (“pool”). Compare Helhuizen, Helwerd, Holwerd and Hulhuizen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛl/
• Hyphenation: Hell
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophone: hel

Proper noun

Hell n

1. A hamlet in Putten, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German helle, from Old High German hellia, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju. Compare German Hölle, Dutch hel, English hell.

Noun

Hell f

1. hell