Hall

See also: hall, häll, håll, háll, and Häll

English

Etymology

• As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”).
• As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 / 贺 (hè), see He.

• • (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles.
  • (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls

Proper noun

Hall (countable and uncountable, plural Halls)

1. A surname.
   1. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in or near a hall.
   2. A surname from German for someone associated with a salt mine.
   3. An Anglo-Norman surname.
2. A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. Former name of Las Lomas, a CDP in California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana.
   4. A hamlet and census-designated place in Ontario County, New York.
   5. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.
   6. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
4. A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Derived terms

• County of Hall
• Hall coefficient
• Hall County
• Hall effect
• Hallian
• Hallian graph
• Hall-Petch equation
• Halls Flat
• spin Hall effect

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hall is the 45^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 407,076 individuals. Hall is most common among White (72.7%) and Black/African American (21.6%) individuals.

Noun

Hall (plural Halls)

1. (UK, rail transport) Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.

See also

• Hall in Tirol
• Halls

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Hall.

Proper noun

Hall

1. a surname from English

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hallo in the 11th century. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps a compound of Proto-Germanic *halha- (“bend, highland spur”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil”). An alternative etymology interprets the name as a compound of Old Dutch hal (“large, spacious home”) and lo. Compare Hallum and Hellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑl/
• Hyphenation: Hall
• Rhymes: -ɑl
• Homophones: hal, Hal

Proper noun

Hall n

1. A village in Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Hallenaar
• Halls
• van Hall

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Halde.

Noun

Hall f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) spoil heap
2. (Erzgebirgisch) hill or its slope
3. (Erzgebirgisch) hall

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hal. Cognate with Middle Low German hal (“loud; echoing; clear”), Old High German hellan (“to sound; resound”), Old English hiellan (“to make a noise; sound; blast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -al

Noun

Hall m (strong, genitive Halles or Halls, plural Halle)

1. echo, resonance, reverberation
   • 1838, Heinrich Ernst Bindseil, Abhandlungen zur allgemeinen vergleichenden Sprachlehre, Hamburg, page 26:

     Mehrere Halle können zugleich entstehen, da mehr als eine jener Schallwellen eine solche Hemmung erleiden kann.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1856, Rumburger Anzeiger. No. 48. 27. November 1856, page 197:

     „Ei,“ dachte ich, „es befindet sich ein Nachtwandler wie ich selbst auf der Chaussee, und die Stille der Nacht führt den Hall seiner Schritte zu mir herüber.“ Indeß die Stärke und die Deutlichkeit dieses Halles standen offenbar in keinem Verhältnisse zu einer solchen Entfernung.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1968 Hans Schimank (translator), Otto von Guerickes neue (sogenannte) Magdeburger Versuche über den leeren Raum. Reprinted 1996 and 2013, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, p. 102:

     Ebenso klar und deutlich, wie man den Hall der Klapper beim Anschlag des Klöppels vor dem Auspumpen hören konnte […]

     Just as clearly as it was possible to hear the echo of the rattle when the clapper struck before being pumped out […]

   • 2000, Walter Busch, Ingo Breuer, editors, Robert Musil: Die Amsel. Kritische Lektüren - Letture critiche. Materialien aus dem Nachlaß, Edition Sturzflüge, page 147:

     In unserem Fall erscheint der Ton als Echo eines Halles, der schon einmal ergangen scheint.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2012, Alexander Jahn, Licht und Schatten, Auswüchse der Finsternis, epubli, →ISBN, page 401:

     Dann erklang das seltsamste Geräusch, das Seramis je vernommen hatte. Ein ohrenbetäubender Donner, lauter als alles was sie je gehört hatte, doch der Hall blieb aus. Donner ohne Hall.

     Then came the sound of the most peculiar noise Seramis had ever perceived. Deafening thunder, louder than anything she had ever heard, but there was no echo. Thunder without an echo.

   • 2017, Jelle Behnert, Das Haus der schwarzen Schwäne‎^[2], Aufbau Digital, →ISBN:

     Wenn alle Mädchen in den Nachtkammern der Fabrik lagen, ging die Tür zum Keller mit einem Hall zu.

     When all the girls were lying in the factory's night chambers, the door to the cellar closed with an echo.

Usage notes

• The simplex chiefly refers to an echo that is clipped or overlays with the original sound, as is often found in big rooms or caves. An echo that repeats the full sound after the original sound has ceased, as can be produced in mountains, will usually be specified as Widerhall, or more commonly Echo.

Declension

Declension of Hall [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hall	die	Halle
genitive	eines	des	Halles, Halls	der	Halle
dative	einem	dem	Hall, Halle1	den	Hallen
accusative	einen	den	Hall	die	Halle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Donnerhall
• hallen
• Nachhall
• Widerhall

See also

• Schall

Further reading

• “Hall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hall” in Duden online
• “Hall (Klang, Laut)” in Duden online

Icelandic

Proper noun

Hall

1. accusative of Hallur

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French hall, from English hall. Doublet of inherited Hal (“hall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːl/, /hol/
• IPA^(key): /hal/, [hɑl] (rare)
  • Rhymes: -oːl, -ol, -ɑl

Noun

Hall m (plural Hallen)

1. foyer, lobby, hall, hallway (room, especially near the entrance, which connects other rooms)

See also

• Hal