# hella
## English
### Etymology 1

Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.

#### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈhɛl.ə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlə

#### Determiner

hella
* (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
    There are hella people here.
** 2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Chloe Price (Ashly Burch), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:Now, let’s talk bidness. I got nothing for you. Wrong. You got hella cash.
** 2023 August 20, Kelefa Sanneh, quoting Fatimah Nyeema Warner, “Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback”, in The New Yorker‎, →ISSN:(“We practiced it hella times, but it’s new, and I can’t really get it on top of the music yet,” she explained.)

##### Synonyms

* (intensifier; much or many): bare, mad

#### Pronoun

hella
* (slang, chiefly Northern California) A lot; very much.
    We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.

#### Adverb

hella (not comparable)
* (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much.
    I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
    Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
    Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
** 2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Chloe Price (Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield and Ashly Burch), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:You’re right. We hella deserve it. Splish splash! Did you actually just say "hella"? I think I’m a good bad influence on you.
* (slang, potentially considered vulgar, chiefly regional US, African-American Vernacular and Internet slang) Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
    I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
    I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
** 2014, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “Shake It Off”:"And to the fella over there / With the hella good hair / Won't you come on over, baby / We can shake, shake, shake"
** 2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Chloe Price (Ashly Burch), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:The storm got hella crazy and... and you said we would be safe at the lighthouse.

##### Synonyms

* (extremely, modifies adjectives): wicked (especially northeastern US)

#### Interjection

hella
* (slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
    "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella!"

#### Related terms

* hecka (euphemism)
* helluv
* helluva

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:hella.

### Etymology 2

Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.

#### Contraction

hella
* (nonstandard) Contraction of Hell have.
    Where the hella you been?

### References

* Waksler, Rachelle (San Francisco State University), "A HELLA New Specifier".

### Anagrams

* Halle

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish häll.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhelːɑ/, [ˈhe̞lːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -elːɑ
* Hyphenation: hel‧la

### Noun

hella
* range, stove (for cooking, sometimes specifically a wood-powered stove)
    Synonym: liesi
* (colloquial) oven
    Synonym: uuni

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hellani
hellani
accusative
nom.
hellani
hellani
gen.
hellani
genitive
hellani
hellojeni hellaini $^{rare}$
partitive
hellaani
hellojani
inessive
hellassani
helloissani
elative
hellastani
helloistani
illative
hellaani
helloihini
adessive
hellallani
helloillani
ablative
hellaltani
helloiltani
allative
hellalleni
helloilleni
essive
hellanani
helloinani
translative
hellakseni
helloikseni
abessive
hellattani
helloittani
instructive
comitative
—helloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hellasi
hellasi
accusative
nom.
hellasi
hellasi
gen.
hellasi
genitive
hellasi
hellojesi hellaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
hellaasi
hellojasi
inessive
hellassasi
helloissasi
elative
hellastasi
helloistasi
illative
hellaasi
helloihisi
adessive
hellallasi
helloillasi
ablative
hellaltasi
helloiltasi
allative
hellallesi
helloillesi
essive
hellanasi
helloinasi
translative
hellaksesi
helloiksesi
abessive
hellattasi
helloittasi
instructive
comitative
—helloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hellamme
hellamme
accusative
nom.
hellamme
hellamme
gen.
hellamme
genitive
hellamme
hellojemme hellaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
hellaamme
hellojamme
inessive
hellassamme
helloissamme
elative
hellastamme
helloistamme
illative
hellaamme
helloihimme
adessive
hellallamme
helloillamme
ablative
hellaltamme
helloiltamme
allative
hellallemme
helloillemme
essive
hellanamme
helloinamme
translative
hellaksemme
helloiksemme
abessive
hellattamme
helloittamme
instructive
comitative
—helloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hellanne
hellanne
accusative
nom.
hellanne
hellanne
gen.
hellanne
genitive
hellanne
hellojenne hellainne $^{rare}$
partitive
hellaanne
hellojanne
inessive
hellassanne
helloissanne
elative
hellastanne
helloistanne
illative
hellaanne
helloihinne
adessive
hellallanne
helloillanne
ablative
hellaltanne
helloiltanne
allative
hellallenne
helloillenne
essive
hellananne
helloinanne
translative
hellaksenne
helloiksenne
abessive
hellattanne
helloittanne
instructive
comitative
—helloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hellansa
hellansa
accusative
nom.
hellansa
hellansa
gen.
hellansa
genitive
hellansa
hellojensa hellainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
hellaansa
hellojaan hellojansa
inessive
hellassaan hellassansa
helloissaan helloissansa
elative
hellastaan hellastansa
helloistaan helloistansa
illative
hellaansa
helloihinsa
adessive
hellallaan hellallansa
helloillaan helloillansa
ablative
hellaltaan hellaltansa
helloiltaan helloiltansa
allative
hellalleen hellallensa
helloilleen helloillensa
essive
hellanaan hellanansa
helloinaan helloinansa
translative
hellakseen hellaksensa
helloikseen helloiksensa
abessive
hellattaan hellattansa
helloittaan helloittansa
instructive
comitative
—helloineen helloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* hellahuone
* hellakoukku
* hellanrengas
* hellanrinki
* hellapoliisi
* hellapuu
* kaasuhella
* puuhella
* sähköhella

### Further reading

* “hella”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛtla/
* Rhymes: -ɛtla

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

hella f (genitive singular hellu, nominative plural hellur)
* paving stone, slab, paver
    Að leggja hellur.To pave.

##### Derived terms

* eldunarhella (“a hob”)
* fá hellu fyrir eyrun (“to get one's ears stopped up”)
* fyrri neðan allar hellur
* hella niður
* hellanleiki (“pourability”)
* helluhraun (“pahoehoe lava”)
* helluleggja
* rafmagnssteikingarhella (“electric griddle grill”)
* steypt hella (“cast stone, concrete paving unit”)
* suðuhella (“boiling ring”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

hella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hellti, supine hellt)
* to pour [with dative]
    Stundum vil ég bara hella kaffi í stóra víða skál og lepja það eins og lítill kettlingur.Sometimes I just want to pour coffee in a big wide bowl and lap it up like a little kitten.
* to pour out [with dative]
    Ég hellti öllu gosinu þínu.I poured out all your soda.

##### Derived terms

* hella í
* hella niður
* hella sér yfir
* hella upp á, hella upp á könnuna

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* hellen

### Noun

hella m or f
* definite feminine singular of helle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

hella f
* definite singular of helle

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō.

### Noun

hella f
* hell
* underworld

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: helle
** Dutch: hel
*** Afrikaans: hel
** Limburgish: hel

### References

* “hella”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hallijǭ. Related to hallr.

#### Noun

hella f (genitive hellu)
* flat stone, slab of rock

##### Derived terms

* hellnagrjót n
* hellusteinn m

##### Related terms

* hallr m (“rock”)
* hellir m (“cavern”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: hella
* Norwegian Nynorsk: helle
* Norwegian Bokmål: helle

### Etymology 2

From the adjective hallr (“sloping”).