"Held" meaning in German

See Held in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hɛlt/ Audio: De-Held.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛlt Etymology: From Middle High German helt (genitive heldes), from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“hero”). Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old Saxon helið (Dutch held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld). Outside of Germanic, possibly also related to Ancient Greek κέλωρ (kélōr), Tocharian B kālyśke (“boy”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|helt}} Middle High German helt, {{inh|de|goh|helid}} Old High German helid, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*haliþ||hero}} Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“hero”), {{cog|ang|hæleþ}} Old English hæleþ, {{cog|en|health}} English health, {{cog|osx|helið}} Old Saxon helið, {{cog|nl|held}} Dutch held, {{cog|fy|held}} West Frisian held, {{cog|non|halr}} Old Norse halr, {{cog|nn|hauld}} Norwegian Nynorsk hauld, {{cog|grc|κέλωρ}} Ancient Greek κέλωρ (kélōr), {{cog|txb||kālyśke|boy}} Tocharian B kālyśke (“boy”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=in}} Held m (weak, genitive Helden, plural Helden, feminine Heldin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Helden [genitive], Helden [plural], Heldin [feminine], weak [table-tags], Held [nominative, singular], Helden [definite, nominative, plural], Helden [genitive, singular], Helden [definite, genitive, plural], Helden [dative, singular], Helden [dative, definite, plural], Helden [accusative, singular], Helden [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. hero Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Held-de-noun-rmx50Q8f Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Stock characters Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 47 53
  2. protagonist Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Held-de-noun-J4tG3w7X Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Stock characters Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heldenhaft, Heldenlied, Heldenmal, Heldensage, Heldentenor, Heldentum, heldisch, Revolverheld
Categories (other): Narratology Disambiguation of Narratology: 0 0

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "Bösewicht"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "de",
      "name": "Narratology",
      "orig": "de:Narratology",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heldenhaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Heldenlied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Heldenmal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Heldensage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Heldentenor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Heldentum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heldisch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Revolverheld"
    }
  ],
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        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "helt"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German helt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "helid"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German helid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hæleþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hæleþ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "health"
      },
      "expansion": "English health",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "helið"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon helið",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "held"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch held",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "held"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian held",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "halr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse halr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "hauld"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk hauld",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κέλωρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κέλωρ (kélōr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "",
        "3": "kālyśke",
        "4": "boy"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German helt (genitive heldes), from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“hero”).\nCognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old Saxon helið (Dutch held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld). Outside of Germanic, possibly also related to Ancient Greek κέλωρ (kélōr), Tocharian B kālyśke (“boy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heldin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Held",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "f": "in"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Held"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "46 54",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Stock characters",
          "orig": "de:Stock characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hero"
      ],
      "id": "en-Held-de-noun-rmx50Q8f",
      "links": [
        [
          "hero",
          "hero"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "name": "Stock characters",
          "orig": "de:Stock characters",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "protagonist"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "protagonist",
          "protagonist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛlt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlt"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Held.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/De-Held.ogg/De-Held.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/De-Held.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Held"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Bösewicht"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German weak nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/ɛlt",
    "Rhymes:German/ɛlt/1 syllable",
    "de:Narratology",
    "de:Stock characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "heldenhaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heldenlied"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heldenmal"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heldensage"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heldentenor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heldentum"
    },
    {
      "word": "heldisch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Revolverheld"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "5": "hero"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English hæleþ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "health"
      },
      "expansion": "English health",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "helið"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon helið",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "held"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch held",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "held"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian held",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "halr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse halr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "hauld"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk hauld",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κέλωρ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "boy"
      },
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    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Heldin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Held",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Helden",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "Held"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/hɛlt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlt"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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