Heller

See also: heller

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, from a coin known as the häller, first minted at Schwäbisch Hall, compare Hall. Also as a Jewish habitational surname for someone from this area.
• Also as German surname, variant of Helle, itself from Helle (“hell”).
• As a Dutch surname, variant of Helder, from the adjective helder (“clear, bright”).
• As an English surname, variant of Hillier.
• Also as an English surname, from Middle English heller (“dweller on the hill,”) see Hiller and Huller.
• Also as a Jewish surname, from German hell (“bright, light”) or Yiddish העל (hel) of the same meaning.

Proper noun

Heller (plural Hellers)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

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German

Etymology

From the name of the city of Hall am Kocher (today Schwäbisch Hall).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlɐ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ

Noun

Heller m (strong, genitive Hellers, plural Heller)

1. heller, a coin made of gold or silver used as currency in Germany during the Middle Ages.

   Wer den Heller nicht ehrt, ist des Talers nicht wert. ― He who does not respect the heller is not worthy of the taler.

Declension

Declension of Heller [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Heller	die	Heller
genitive	eines	des	Hellers	der	Heller
dative	einem	dem	Heller	den	Hellern
accusative	einen	den	Heller	die	Heller

Derived terms

• bis auf den letzten Heller
• keinen Heller für etwas geben
• keinen Heller wert sein
• keinen roten Heller für etwas geben
• keinen roten Heller wert sein

Further reading

• Heller (Münze) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Heller (Tschecheslowakei) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Heller” in Duden online