# Helle
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈhɛlɪ/

### Proper noun

Helle
* (Greek mythology) A daughter of king Athamas, who, together with her brother Phrixus, fled from their stepmother Ino to Colchis on a golden ram. On their way, she fell from its back and was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespont.

#### Translations
## Danish
### Etymology

From a diminutive of Helga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɛlə]

### Proper noun

Helle
* a female given name

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 673 females with the given name Helle have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

## Dutch
### Etymology

* (Beekdaelen) First attested as Helle in 1803-1820. Derived from either helle (“lowland, marshland”) or a deformation of *helde (“slope, incline”). See also Limburgish G'n Hèl.
* (Gulpen-Wittem) First attested as Hölle in 1803-1820. Likely derived from helle (“lowland, marshland”). A derivation from *helde (“slope, incline”) is less likely when the oldest attestation of the toponym is taken into account.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦɛ.lə/
* Hyphenation: Hel‧le
* Rhymes: -ɛlə

### Proper noun

Helle n
* A hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
* A hamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands

#### Derived terms

* Hellebroek

### References

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

## Estonian
### Etymology

Variant of Helena (“Helen”) also associated with hell (“tender”); comparable to Finnish Hellä.

### Proper noun

Helle
* a female given name

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

Partially variants of Hella, partially from helle as a relatively recent surname adopted during Finnicization of surnames in the early 20th century.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhelːeˣ/, [ˈhe̞lːe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -elːe
* Syllabification: Hel‧le

#### Proper noun

Helle
* a Finnish surname

##### Declension

Possessive forms of Helle (Kotus type 48*I/hame, lt-ll gradation) :

##### Statistics

* Helle is the 1068th (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 813 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Etymology 2

From Danish Helle.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhelːe/, [ˈhe̞lːe̞]
* Rhymes: -elːe
* Syllabification: Hel‧le

#### Proper noun

Helle
* a female given name

##### Declension

Possessive forms of Helle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :

##### Statistics

* Helle is the 1076th (tied with 5 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 138 female individuals (and as a middle name to 96 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### References

* ↑ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN

## German
### Etymology 1

Nominalization of the adjective hell.

#### Noun

Helle n or f (mixed, genitive Helles or Helle, plural Hellen)
* pale lager

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

hell +‎ -e

#### Noun

Helle f (genitive Helle, no plural)
* brightness

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “Helle” in Duden online

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈhel.leː/, [ˈhɛlːʲeː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈel.le/, [ˈɛlːe]

### Proper noun

Hellē f sg (genitive Hellēs); first declension
* (Greek mythology) Helle

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
| Nominative | Hellē |
| Genitive | Hellēs |
| Dative | Hellae |
| Accusative | Hellēn |
| Ablative | Hellē |
| Vocative | Hellē |

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Danish Helle.

### Proper noun

Helle
* a female given name