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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German halle, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German halla, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hallō, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Attested in early manuscripts as Halla.

Proper noun

Halle n (proper noun, strong, 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