Halle

See also: halle, hallé, hälle, hallë, and Hälle

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (female given name) enPR: hălē, IPA(key): /ˈhæli/

Proper noun

Halle

  1. A city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
  2. A female given name.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhalə/
  • Rhymes: -alə

Etymology 1

From Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, cover, conceal”). Compare Low German Hall, Dutch hal, English hall, Danish and Swedish hall.

Noun

Halle f (genitive Halle, plural Hallen)

  1. hall
Declension
Declension of Halle
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Halle die Hallen
genitive einer der Halle der Hallen
dative einer der Halle den Hallen
accusative eine die Halle die Hallen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Attested in early manuscripts as Halla.

Proper noun

Halle n (genitive Halles)

  1. Halle, a city in Saxony-Anhalt near the river Saale, Germany
  2. any of several other cities with the same name
Synonyms
  • (Halle, city in Saxony-Anhalt): Halle an der Saale, Halle a/S., Halle a. d. S., Halle a. S.

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