hæl

See also: -hal, HAL, Hal, Ħal, hal, hâl, hál, hàl, häl, hål, and ħal

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛˀl]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hæll (“heel”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, cognate with English heel and Dutch hiel.

Noun

hæl c (singular definite hælen, plural indefinite hæle)

1. (anatomy) heel

Inflection

Declension of hæl

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hæl	hælen	hæle	hælene
genitive	hæls	hælens	hæles	hælenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hæl

1. imperative of hæle

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛaːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

Noun

hæl

1. indefinite accusative singular of hælur

Icelandic

Noun

hæl m

1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of hæll

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hæll.

Noun

hæl m (definite singular hælen, indefinite plural hæler, definite plural hælene)

1. (anatomy, also of shoes, socks, etc.) a heel

Derived terms

• akilleshæl

References

• “hæl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hæll, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz. Akin to English heel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heːl/
  • Homophone: hel
• (thick L) IPA^(key): /hæːɽ/
  • Homophone: herd

Noun

hæl m (definite singular hælen, indefinite plural hælar, definite plural hælane)

1. (anatomy, also of shoes, socks, etc.) a heel

Derived terms

• akilleshæl

References

• “hæl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Verb

hæl (present tense hæle, past tense hæla, past participle hæla)

1. (dialectal, apocope spelling, Trøndelag) Alternative form of hæla (“to stand smth., to bother to do smth.”)

Usage notes

The negation form of present tense is hæl itj, in the same pattern as "funk itj" ("does not work"), "lik itj" ("does not like"), "skjøn itj" ("does not understand"), "årsk itj", "gidd itj", etc.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæːl/, [hæːl]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz. Cognate with Old Norse heill (Danish held (“luck”), Norwegian hell), Old High German heil (German Heil).

Noun

hǣl n (hapax)

1. omen

Declension

Declension of hæl (strong z-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hǣl	hǣlru
accusative	hǣl	hǣlru
genitive	hǣles	hǣlra
dative	hǣle	hǣlrum

Etymology 2

Adjective

hǣl

1. Alternative form of hāl

Declension

Declension of hǣl — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hǣl	hǣl	hǣl
Accusative	hǣlne	hǣle	hǣl
Genitive	hǣles	hǣlre	hǣles
Dative	hǣlum	hǣlre	hǣlum
Instrumental	hǣle	hǣlre	hǣle
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hǣle	hǣla, hǣle	hǣl
Accusative	hǣle	hǣla, hǣle	hǣl
Genitive	hǣlra	hǣlra	hǣlra
Dative	hǣlum	hǣlum	hǣlum
Instrumental	hǣlum	hǣlum	hǣlum

Declension of hǣl — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hǣla	hǣle	hǣle
Accusative	hǣlan	hǣlan	hǣle
Genitive	hǣlan	hǣlan	hǣlan
Dative	hǣlan	hǣlan	hǣlan
Instrumental	hǣlan	hǣlan	hǣlan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hǣlan	hǣlan	hǣlan
Accusative	hǣlan	hǣlan	hǣlan
Genitive	hǣlra, hǣlena	hǣlra, hǣlena	hǣlra, hǣlena
Dative	hǣlum	hǣlum	hǣlum
Instrumental	hǣlum	hǣlum	hǣlum