hellepe
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- hellefe (Moselle Franconian; now also Ripuarian via standard German)
Etymology
From Old High German *helpan (attested in several conjugated forms), northern variant of helfan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛləpə/
Verb
hellepe (third-person singular present hellep, past tense hollep, past participle jehollepe)
- (Ripuarian, dated in some dialects) to help
- Et Sarah von bovven es e leev Mädche, it hät mer met dä schwäre Täsche jehollepe.
- Sarah from upstairs is a darling girl, she helped me with those heavy bags.
- Et Sarah von bovven es e leev Mädche, it hät mer met dä schwäre Täsche jehollepe.
Usage notes
- The second and third persons singular of the present have a vowel change /ɛ/ → /e/, which is not reflected in spelling.