Heldin

See also: heldin

German

Etymology

From Held (“hero”) +‎ -in (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛldɪn/

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Noun

Heldin f (genitive Heldin, plural Heldinnen, masculine Held)

1. heroine

Declension

Declension of Heldin [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Heldin	die	Heldinnen
genitive	einer	der	Heldin	der	Heldinnen
dative	einer	der	Heldin	den	Heldinnen
accusative	eine	die	Heldin	die	Heldinnen

See also

• Heroine, Heroin
• Heldenweib

Further reading

• “Heldin” in Duden online
• “Heldin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Held (“hero”) +‎ -in (feminine suffix).

Noun

Heldin f (plural Heldinnen, masculine Held)

1. heroine

Old High German

Proper noun

Heldin f

1. (Bavaria) a female given name

Declension

declension of Heldin (feminine i-/jō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	Heldin	Heldinnā
accusative	Heldinna, Heldinne	Heldinnā
genitive	Heldinna	Heldinnōno
dative	Heldinnu	Heldinnōn, Heldinnōm

The nominative singular of the jō-stems (Proto-West Germanic *-ī) was originally uninflected like the ō-stems; and the accusative form usually took its place. The old nominative singular is preserved in fem. personal names, and in the derivatives ending in *-inī and *-unjō. The jō-stems show in the oldest documents instead of -jō the ending -e and retain the j before o, u. From the 9th C. onwards, their inflection entirely coincides with that of the ō-stems, with -a replacing -e.