helfen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hëlfen, from Old High German helfan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp-. Cognate with Low German helpen, Dutch helpen, English help, Danish hjælpe, Norwegian Bokmål hjelpe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlfn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: hel‧fen

Verb

helfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present hilft, past tense half, past participle geholfen, past subjunctive hülfe, auxiliary haben)

  1. (with dative) to help (someone); to assist; to aid [+ bei (object) = with]
    Ich habe ihnen bei der Reparatur des Wagens geholfen.
    I helped them with the repair of the car.
    Dieses Mittel hilft dabei, Probleme beim Wasserlassen und Inkontinenz.
    This product helps to reduce urinary problems and incontinence.

Conjugation

  • The past subjunctive hülfe is rare. Even rarer variants are hälfe and hölfe.

Derived terms

  • abhelfen
  • aufhelfen
  • aushelfen
  • behelfen
  • durchhelfen
  • Helfen
  • hinaufhelfen
  • hinunterhelfen
  • hinweghelfen
  • hinweghelfen über
  • hochhelfen
  • jemandem durchhelfen
  • jemandem hinaufhelfen
  • jemandem hinunterhelfen
  • jemandem hochhelfen
  • mithelfen
  • nachhelfen
  • sich behelfen
  • sich mit etwas behelfen
  • verhelfen
  • voranhelfen
  • vorwärtshelfen
  • weghelfen
  • weiterhelfen
  • weiterzuhelfen

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German helfan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. Cognate with Middle Low German helpen, Middle Dutch helpen, and Middle English helpen.

Verb

hëlfen

  1. to help

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Central Franconian: hellepe
  • Cimbrian: hölfan
  • German: helfen
  • Luxembourgish: hëllefen
  • Yiddish: העלפֿן (helfn)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlvɛn/

Noun

helfen

  1. h-prothesized form of elfen

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
elfen unchanged unchanged helfen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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