hälleberg

Swedish

Etymology

häll + -e- + berg.

The origin of the usage "fall on solid ground" in the sense of "fruitless" is from the biblical Parable of the Sower.

Noun

hälleberg n

  1. solid ground, solid rock
    falla på hällebergetnot be taken into account (literally, “fall on rocky ground”)

Declension

Declension of hälleberg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hälleberg hälleberget hälleberg hällebergen
Genitive hällebergs hällebergets hällebergs hällebergens

References

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