helpen

From Middle Dutch helpen, from Old Dutch helpan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛl.pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: hel‧pen
• Rhymes: -ɛlpən

helpen

1. (transitive) to help

   Wie mag ik helpen? ― Whom may I help?

2. (transitive) to provide, to supply [+ aan (with)]

   Bedankt dat je mij aan dat truitje hebt geholpen! ― Thanks for getting me that sweater!

3. (transitive) to get hooked, to cause (someone) to be very keen (on), addicted or depended [+ aan (to)]

   Die vriendengroup had haar aan de drank geholpen. ― That circle of friends got her addicted to alcohol.

• hulp

• Afrikaans: help
• Berbice Creole Dutch: helpu
• Javindo: helpen
• Jersey Dutch: hälpe
• Negerhollands: help
• Skepi Creole Dutch: halp
• → Caribbean Javanese: hèlep, ngèlep

helpen

1. Alternative spelling of hölpen

From Old Dutch helpan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

helpen

1. to help, to aid, to assist
2. to be helpful, to be beneficial

• Dutch: helpen
  • Afrikaans: help
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: helpu
  • Javindo: helpen
  • Jersey Dutch: hälpe
  • Negerhollands: help
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: halp
  • → Caribbean Javanese: hèlep, ngèlep
• Limburgish: hèlpe

• “helpen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “helpen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• help, elp, helpi, healpe, heolpe, halpen, hælpan

From Old English helpan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

helpen (third-person singular simple present helpeth, present participle helpende, first-/third-person singular past indicative holp, past participle holpen)

1. to help
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-18.

     And specially from every shires ende

     Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende,

     The hooly blisful martir for to seke,

     That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.

     And specially from every shire's end

     Of England to Canterbury they travel,

     To seek the holy blessed martyr,

     Who helped them when they were sick.

• unhelpen

• English: help
• Scots: help
• Yola: help

• “helpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Saxon helpan (“to help”), from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. Cognate with English helpan, Dutch helpen and German helfen.

• (originally) IPA^(key): /hɛlpən/

helpen

1. to help

• German Low German: helpen, hölpen

helpen

1. plural of help