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

• Hella, hella, hella-

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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 hall, 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

Hyponyms

• Kaufhalle
• Leichenhalle
• Schwimmhalle
• Spielhalle
• Turnhalle

Derived terms

• Hallenbad, Hallenschwimmbad

Etymology 2

Attested in early manuscripts as Halla.

Proper noun

Halle n (genitive Halles)

1. Halle, Halle (Salle), Halle an der Saale (a city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
2. A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
3. A village in the County of Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany
4. A municipality of the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany
5. A small river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
6. A city and municipality of the district of Halle-Vilvoorde, province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Synonyms

• (Halle, city in Saxony-Anhalt): Halle an der Saale, Halle a/S., Halle a. d. S., Halle a. S.

Further reading

• “Halle” in Duden online