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 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

• Hallenbad, Hallenschwimmbad, Schwimmhalle
• Kaufhalle
• Leichenhalle
• Spielhalle

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.

Further reading

• Halle in Duden online