"help" meaning in Englisch

See help in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: hɛlp Audio: En-us-help.ogg Forms: the help [singular], the helps [plural]
Rhymes: ɛlp
  1. Hilfe Tags: no-plural
    Sense id: de-help-en-noun-lUcvZQor
  2. Hilfsmittel, Mittel
    Sense id: de-help-en-noun-4oBb4nKK
  3. Dienstmädchen, Mädchen
    Sense id: de-help-en-noun-jrU8BElc
  4. Aushilfe, Hilfskraft
    Sense id: de-help-en-noun-jimipUiN
  5. eine Essensportion, eine Portion Essen Tags: archaic
    Sense id: de-help-en-noun-ezC~VuuY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: assistance, support, benefit, aid, helper, servant Derived forms: cry for help, help file, mutual help Translations: Hilfe [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (Aushilfe, Hilfskraft): Aushilfe (Deutsch), Hilfskraft (Deutsch) Translations (Dienstmädchen, Mädchen): Dienstmädchen [neuter] (Deutsch), Mädchen (Deutsch) Translations (Hilfsmittel, Mittel): Hilfsmittel [neuter] (Deutsch), Mittel [neuter] (Deutsch) Translations (veraltet: eine Essensportion, eine Portion Essen): Essensportion [feminine] (Deutsch)

Verb

IPA: hɛlp Audio: En-uk-to help.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present help, he helps, she helps, it helps, simple past helped, present participle helping, past participle helped
Rhymes: ɛlp
  1. helfen
    Sense id: de-help-en-verb-fQDg-OQ3
  2. sich bedienen, zulangen
    Sense id: de-help-en-verb-FIhw6Ngz
  3. etwas vermeiden
    Sense id: de-help-en-verb-xYsKoedp
  4. etwas verbessern
    Sense id: de-help-en-verb-~NMHeQtr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: assist, aid, support, avert Derived forms: help along, help out, helpable, underhelp, unhelpable, unhelped, well-helped Translations (etwas verbessern): verbessern (Deutsch) Translations (etwas vermeiden): vermeiden (Deutsch) Translations (helfen): helfen (Deutsch) Translations (help oneself: sich bedienen, zulangen): bedienen (Deutsch), zulangen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "cry for help"
    },
    {
      "word": "help file"
    },
    {
      "word": "mutual help"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the help",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the helps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "helphelps",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I need some help with my homework.",
          "translation": "Ich brauche Hilfe bei meinen Hausaufgaben."
        }
      ],
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        "Hilfe"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "no-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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    },
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      ],
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      "sense_index": "3"
    },
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "sense_index": "4"
    },
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "de-help-en-noun-ezC~VuuY",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "hɛlp"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-help.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-us-help.ogg/En-us-help.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-help.ogg"
    },
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      "rhymes": "ɛlp"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "assistance"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "support"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "benefit"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "aid"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "helper"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "servant"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hilfe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Hilfsmittel, Mittel",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hilfsmittel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Hilfsmittel, Mittel",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mittel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Dienstmädchen, Mädchen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dienstmädchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Dienstmädchen, Mädchen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "Mädchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Aushilfe, Hilfskraft",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "Aushilfe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Aushilfe, Hilfskraft",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "Hilfskraft"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "veraltet: eine Essensportion, eine Portion Essen",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Essensportion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "help"
}

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "source": "w"
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "help along"
    },
    {
      "word": "help out"
    },
    {
      "word": "helpable"
    },
    {
      "word": "underhelp"
    },
    {
      "word": "unhelpable"
    },
    {
      "word": "unhelped"
    },
    {
      "word": "well-helped"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present help"
    },
    {
      "form": "he helps"
    },
    {
      "form": "she helps"
    },
    {
      "form": "it helps"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past helped"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle helping"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle helped"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "help",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They didn’t help her.",
          "translation": "Sie haben ihr nicht geholfen."
        },
        {
          "text": "It was too late to help.",
          "translation": "Jede Hilfe kam zu spät."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "helfen"
      ],
      "id": "de-help-en-verb-fQDg-OQ3",
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Help yourself!",
          "translation": "Bedien dich!''Lang zu!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sich bedienen, zulangen"
      ],
      "id": "de-help-en-verb-FIhw6Ngz",
      "raw_tags": [
        "help oneself"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It could not be helped!",
          "translation": "Es ließ sich nicht vermeiden!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "etwas vermeiden"
      ],
      "id": "de-help-en-verb-xYsKoedp",
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "etwas verbessern"
      ],
      "id": "de-help-en-verb-~NMHeQtr",
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "hɛlp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-to help.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-uk-to_help.ogg/En-uk-to_help.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-uk-to help.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "ɛlp"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "aid"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "support"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "avert"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "helfen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "helfen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "help oneself: sich bedienen, zulangen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "bedienen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "help oneself: sich bedienen, zulangen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zulangen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "etwas vermeiden",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "vermeiden"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "etwas verbessern",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "verbessern"
    }
  ],
  "word": "help"
}
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    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cry for help"
    },
    {
      "word": "help file"
    },
    {
      "word": "mutual help"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the help",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the helps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "helphelps",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I need some help with my homework.",
          "translation": "Ich brauche Hilfe bei meinen Hausaufgaben."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hilfe"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "no-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Hilfsmittel, Mittel"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Dienstmädchen, Mädchen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Aushilfe, Hilfskraft"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eine Essensportion, eine Portion Essen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "hɛlp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-help.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-us-help.ogg/En-us-help.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-help.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "ɛlp"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "assistance"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "support"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "benefit"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "aid"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "helper"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "servant"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hilfe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Hilfsmittel, Mittel",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hilfsmittel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Hilfsmittel, Mittel",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mittel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Dienstmädchen, Mädchen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dienstmädchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Dienstmädchen, Mädchen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "Mädchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Aushilfe, Hilfskraft",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "Aushilfe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Aushilfe, Hilfskraft",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "Hilfskraft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "veraltet: eine Essensportion, eine Portion Essen",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Essensportion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "help"
}

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    "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "help along"
    },
    {
      "word": "help out"
    },
    {
      "word": "helpable"
    },
    {
      "word": "underhelp"
    },
    {
      "word": "unhelpable"
    },
    {
      "word": "unhelped"
    },
    {
      "word": "well-helped"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present help"
    },
    {
      "form": "he helps"
    },
    {
      "form": "she helps"
    },
    {
      "form": "it helps"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past helped"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle helping"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle helped"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "help",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They didn’t help her.",
          "translation": "Sie haben ihr nicht geholfen."
        },
        {
          "text": "It was too late to help.",
          "translation": "Jede Hilfe kam zu spät."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "helfen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Help yourself!",
          "translation": "Bedien dich!''Lang zu!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sich bedienen, zulangen"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "help oneself"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It could not be helped!",
          "translation": "Es ließ sich nicht vermeiden!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "etwas vermeiden"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "etwas verbessern"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "hɛlp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-to help.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-uk-to_help.ogg/En-uk-to_help.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-uk-to help.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "ɛlp"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "aid"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "support"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "avert"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "helfen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "helfen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "help oneself: sich bedienen, zulangen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "bedienen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "help oneself: sich bedienen, zulangen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zulangen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "etwas vermeiden",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "vermeiden"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "etwas verbessern",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "verbessern"
    }
  ],
  "word": "help"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Englisch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-30 from the dewiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.