Hellebarde

German

Hellebarde

Alternative forms

• Hellebarte (archaic)
• Halbarte, Halmbarte, Helmbarte (specialist with distinction; otherwise archaic)

Etymology

From Middle High German helle(n)barte, from older helmbarte, from helm (“stalk”) + barte (“axe”). The modern -d- is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German hēlenbārde) and/or influenced by French hallebarde, itself from the Middle High German. The stress pattern, too, may hint at French influence, though stress shifts in compound words also occur natively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɛləˈbardə/, [-ˈbaʁdə], [-ˈbaɐ̯də], [-ˈbaːdə]

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Noun

Hellebarde f (genitive Hellebarde, plural Hellebarden)

1. halberd

Declension

Declension of Hellebarde [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hellebarde	die	Hellebarden
genitive	einer	der	Hellebarde	der	Hellebarden
dative	einer	der	Hellebarde	den	Hellebarden
accusative	eine	die	Hellebarde	die	Hellebarden

Related terms

• Helm
• Barte

See also

• Rossschinder

Further reading

• “Hellebarde” in Duden online