Halle
See also: halle, hallé, hälle, hallë, and Hälle
English
Etymology
- As a German surname, variant of Hall.
- As a French surname, from the noun halle (“covered room”).
- As a Belgian and Dutch surname, from Halle, Belgium.
- As a Jewish surname, from Halle in Saxony, named after the river Saale.
Pronunciation
- (female given name) enPR: hălē, IPA(key): /ˈhæli/
Proper noun
Halle
- A city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- A female given name.
Anagrams
- Hella, hella, hella-
Dutch
Etymology
- (Gelderland) First attested as hall in 1263. Potentially a compound of Proto-Germanic *halha- (“highland spur”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil”). Another possibility is a derivation from Middle Dutch halle (“covered market”), from Old Dutch *halla, from Frankish *hallu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɑ.lə/
- Hyphenation: Hal‧le
- Rhymes: -ɑlə
Proper noun
Halle n
- A city in Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
- Meronyms: Buizingen, Lembeek
- A village in Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Netherlands.
- A city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Derived terms
- Hallenaar
- Halls
- Halle-Heide
- Halle-Nijman
- Parelgrijs van Halle
- Hals
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhalə/
- Rhymes: -alə
Etymology 1
From Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu. Compare Low German Hall, Dutch hal, English hall, Danish hall, Swedish hall.
Noun
Halle f (genitive Halle, plural Hallen)
- hall
Declension
Declension of Halle [feminine]
| 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
- Feuerhalle
- Kaufhalle
- Leichenhalle
- Schwimmhalle
- Spielhalle
- Turnhalle
Derived terms
- Hallenbad, Hallenschwimmbad
Etymology 2
Attested in early manuscripts as Halla. Of unclear origin, traditionally linked to the river Saale, whose name ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”). Or, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju (“building supported by columns”).
Proper noun
Halle n (proper noun, genitive Halles or (optionally with an article) Halle)
- Halle, Halle (Salle), Halle an der Saale (a city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
- A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- A village in the County of Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany
- A municipality of the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany
- A small river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- 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.
References
- Steffen Drenkelfuss: Halle – die schräge Stadt. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (Halle/Saalkreis)
Further reading
- “Halle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Halle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Halle” in Duden online
Halle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Halle”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891