helleg

Luxembourgish

FWOTD – 13 November 2014

Etymology

From Middle High German heilec, from Old High German heilag, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Cognate with German heilig, Dutch heilig, Swedish helig, English holy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæleχ/, [ˈhæləɕ]

Adjective

helleg (masculine hellegen, neuter hellegt, comparative méi helleg, superlative am hellegsten)

1. holy
   • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:5:

     Dueropshin huet den Däiwel hien an déi helleg Stad matgeholl an hien op d'Spëtzt vum Tempel gestallt.

     Then the Devil took him into the Holy City and set him on the pinnacle of the temple.

Declension

Declension of helleg

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		hien ass helleg	si ass helleg	et ass helleg	si si(nn) helleg
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	hellegen	helleg	hellegt	helleg
	independent without determiner			helleges	helleger
dative	after any declined word	hellegen	helleger	hellegen	hellegen
	as first declined word	hellegem		hellegem

Derived terms

• Hellege Geescht
• Hellege Papp
• Hellegkeet
• hellegspriechen