hella
See also: Hella, hellä, Hellä, hélla, and hella-
English
Etymology 1
Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɛl.ə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlə
Determiner
hella
- (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
- There are hella people here.
- 2016, Life Is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix, spoken by Chloe Price (Ashly Burch):
- Now, let’s talk bidness.
I got nothing for you.
Wrong. You got hella cash.
Synonyms
- (intensifier; much or many): bare, mad
Pronoun
hella
- (slang, chiefly Northern California) A lot; very much.
- We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.
Adverb
hella (not comparable)
- (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much.
- I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
- Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
- Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
- 2016, Life Is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix, spoken by Chloe Price (Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield; Ashly Burch):
- You’re right. We hella deserve it. Splish splash!
Did you actually just say "hella"? I think I’m a good bad influence on you.
- (slang, potentially considered vulgar, chiefly regional US) Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
- I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
- 2014, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “Shake It Off”:
- "And to the fella over there / With the hella good hair / Won't you come on over, baby / We can shake, shake, shake"
- 2016, Life Is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix, spoken by Chloe Price (Ashly Burch):
- The storm got hella crazy and... and you said we would be safe at the lighthouse.
Synonyms
- (extremely, modifies adjectives): wicked (especially northeastern US)
Interjection
hella
- (slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
- "We definitely rocked that shit man!"
"Hella!"
- "We definitely rocked that shit man!"
Related terms
- hecka (euphemism)
- helluv
- helluva
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:hella.
Etymology 2
Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.
Contraction
hella
- (nonstandard) Contraction of Hell have.
- Where the hella you been?
References
- Waksler, Rachelle (San Francisco State University), "A HELLA New Specifier".
Anagrams
- Halle
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish häll.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhelːɑ/, [ˈhe̞lːɑ]
- Rhymes: -elːɑ
- Syllabification(key): hel‧la
Noun
hella
- range, stove (for cooking)
- Synonym: liesi
- (colloquial) oven
Declension
| Inflection of hella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hella | hellat | |
| genitive | hellan | hellojen | |
| partitive | hellaa | helloja | |
| illative | hellaan | helloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hella | hellat | |
| accusative | nom. | hella | hellat |
| gen. | hellan | ||
| genitive | hellan | hellojen hellainrare | |
| partitive | hellaa | helloja | |
| inessive | hellassa | helloissa | |
| elative | hellasta | helloista | |
| illative | hellaan | helloihin | |
| adessive | hellalla | helloilla | |
| ablative | hellalta | helloilta | |
| allative | hellalle | helloille | |
| essive | hellana | helloina | |
| translative | hellaksi | helloiksi | |
| instructive | — | helloin | |
| abessive | hellatta | helloitta | |
| comitative | — | helloineen | |
| Possessive forms of hella (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | hellani | hellamme |
| 2nd person | hellasi | hellanne |
| 3rd person | hellansa | |
Icelandic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛtla/
- Rhymes: -ɛtla
Noun
Concrete paver blocks in a circular pattern.
hella f (genitive singular hellu, nominative plural hellur)
- paving stone, slab, paver
- Að leggja hellur.
- To pave.
- Að leggja hellur.
Declension
declension of hella
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hella | hellan | hellur | hellurnar |
| accusative | hellu | helluna | hellur | hellurnar |
| dative | hellu | hellunni | hellum | hellunum |
| genitive | hellu | hellunnar | hella/hellna | hellanna/hellnanna |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- eldunarhella (a hob)
- fá hellu fyrir eyrun (to get one's ears stopped up)
- fyrri neðan allar hellur
- hella niður
- hellanleiki (pourability)
- helluleggja
- rafmagnssteikingarhella (electric griddle grill)
- steypt hella (cast stone, concrete paving unit)
- suðuhella (boiling ring)
Verb
hella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hellti, supine hellt)
- (transitive, governs the dative) to pour
- Stundum vil ég bara hella kaffi í stóra víða skál og lepja það eins og lítill kettlingur.
- Sometimes I just want to pour coffee in a big wide bowl and lap it up like a little kitten.
- (transitive, governs the dative) to pour out
- Ég hellti öllu gosinu þínu.
- I poured out all your soda.
Conjugation
hella — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að hella | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | hellt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | hellandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég helli | við hellum | present (nútíð) | ég helli | við hellum |
| þú hellir | þið hellið | þú hellir | þið hellið | ||
| hann, hún, það hellir | þeir, þær, þau hella | hann, hún, það helli | þeir, þær, þau helli | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég hellti | við helltum | past (þátíð) | ég hellti | við helltum |
| þú helltir | þið helltuð | þú helltir | þið helltuð | ||
| hann, hún, það hellti | þeir, þær, þau helltu | hann, hún, það hellti | þeir, þær, þau helltu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | hell (þú) | hellið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| helltu | helliði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
hellast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að hellast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | hellst | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | hellandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég hellist | við hellumst | present (nútíð) | ég hellist | við hellumst |
| þú hellist | þið hellist | þú hellist | þið hellist | ||
| hann, hún, það hellist | þeir, þær, þau hellast | hann, hún, það hellist | þeir, þær, þau hellist | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég helltist | við helltumst | past (þátíð) | ég helltist | við helltumst |
| þú helltist | þið helltust | þú helltist | þið helltust | ||
| hann, hún, það helltist | þeir, þær, þau helltust | hann, hún, það helltist | þeir, þær, þau helltust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | hellst (þú) | hellist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| hellstu | hellisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
helltur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | helltur | hellt | hellt | helltir | helltar | hellt | |
| accusative (þolfall) | helltan | hellta | hellt | hellta | helltar | hellt | |
| dative (þágufall) | helltum | helltri | helltu | helltum | helltum | helltum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | hellts | helltrar | hellts | helltra | helltra | helltra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | hellti | hellta | hellta | helltu | helltu | helltu | |
| accusative (þolfall) | hellta | helltu | hellta | helltu | helltu | helltu | |
| dative (þágufall) | hellta | helltu | hellta | helltu | helltu | helltu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | hellta | helltu | hellta | helltu | helltu | helltu | |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- hella í
- hella niður
- hella sér yfir
- hella upp á, hella upp á könnuna
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- hellen
Noun
hella m or f
- definite feminine singular of helle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hella f
- definite singular of helle
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hallijǭ. Related to hallr.
Noun
hella f (genitive hellu)
- flat stone, slab of rock
Declension
Declension of hella (weak ōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hella | hellan | hellur | hellurnar |
| accusative | hellu | helluna | hellur | hellurnar |
| dative | hellu | hellunni | hellum | hellunum |
| genitive | hellu | hellunnar | hellna | hellnanna |
Derived terms
- hellnagrjót n
- hellusteinn m
Related terms
- hallr m (“rock”)
- hellir m (“cavern”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: hella
- Norwegian Nynorsk: helle
- Norwegian Bokmål: helle
Etymology 2
From the adjective hallr (“sloping”).
- to pour out
Conjugation
Conjugation of hella — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | hella | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | hellandi | |
| past participle | helltr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | helli | hellta |
| 2nd-person singular | hellir | helltir |
| 3rd-person singular | hellir | hellti |
| 1st-person plural | hellum | helltum |
| 2nd-person plural | hellið | helltuð |
| 3rd-person plural | hella | helltu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | hella | hellta |
| 2nd-person singular | hellir | helltir |
| 3rd-person singular | helli | hellti |
| 1st-person plural | hellim | helltim |
| 2nd-person plural | hellið | helltið |
| 3rd-person plural | helli | hellti |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | hell, helli | |
| 1st-person plural | hellum | |
| 2nd-person plural | hellið | |
Conjugation of hella — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | hellask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | hellandisk | |
| past participle | hellzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | hellumk | helltumk |
| 2nd-person singular | hellisk | helltisk |
| 3rd-person singular | hellisk | helltisk |
| 1st-person plural | hellumsk | helltumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | hellizk | helltuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | hellask | helltusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | hellumk | helltumk |
| 2nd-person singular | hellisk | helltisk |
| 3rd-person singular | hellisk | helltisk |
| 1st-person plural | hellimsk | helltimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | hellizk | helltizk |
| 3rd-person plural | hellisk | helltisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | hellsk, hellisk | |
| 1st-person plural | hellumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | hellizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: hella
- Norwegian Nynorsk: helle
- Norwegian Bokmål: helle
- Swedish: hälla
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
hella
- accusative plural and genitive plural of hellir
References
- “hella”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press