holen

holen

See also: Holen, holeň, and hølen

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton holen, hoalen, from Proto-Brythonic *haluɨn, from Proto-Celtic *salenos, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l. Cognate with Cornish holan, Welsh halen, Irish salann, and more distantly also Latin sāl and English salt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoː.lɛn/

Noun

holen m

  1. salt

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦolɛn]

Participle

holen

  1. masculine singular passive participle of holit

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːlən

Noun

holen

  1. plural of hol

German

Etymology

From Middle High German holen, holn, from Old High German holōn, holēn (to fetch, get, draw), from Proto-West Germanic *holōn. Cognate with English haul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːlən/, [ˈhoːlən], [ˈhoːl̩n]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ho‧len

Verb

holen (weak, third-person singular present holt, past tense holte, past participle geholt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to (go) get, to fetch (to go somewhere and take something to bring back)
    Hol noch einen Stuhl!
    Go get another chair!
    1. to (go) get, to fetch (to seek out a person and bring them to a location)
      Kannst du deine Mutter holen? Ich muss dringend mit ihr sprechen.
      Can you go get your mother for me? I've got to talk to her urgently.
  2. (transitive, dative reflexive, colloquial) to get, to cop (to buy for one's benefit/entertainment)
    Ich hole mir morgen ’n neuen Fernseher.
    I’m getting me a new TV tomorrow.
  3. (transitive, dative reflexive, informal) to catch, to get (an illness or injury)
    Meine Tochter hat sich einen Schnupfen geholt.
    My daughter caught a cold.

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs
idioms

Further reading

  • holen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • holen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • holen” in Duden online
  • holen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German holden, from Old Saxon haldan.

Verb

holen (past singular heel, past participle holen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to hold

Conjugation

Conjugation of holen (class 7 strong verb)
infinitive holen
present preterite
1st person singular hool heel
2nd person singular hölls(t) heels(t)
3rd person singular höll(t) heel
plural hoolt, hoolen helen
imperative
singular hool
plural hoolt
present past
participle holen (e)holen, geholen

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

holen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of hole

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • hoľen (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golěnь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣolɛn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦolɛn/

Noun

holen f

  1. shin

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: holeň

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hulis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxo.len/, [ˈho.len]

Noun

holen m (nominative plural holnas)

  1. (botany) holly

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative holen holnas
accusative holen holnas
genitive holnes holna
dative holne holnum

Descendants

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • jolen, diyolen, dyolen
  • holens

Etymology

From English hole in. Compare Tausug hūlin.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈholen/ [ˈhoː.lɛn̪]
  • Rhymes: -olen
  • Syllabification: ho‧len

Noun

holen (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔) (games)

  1. marble (small ball used in games)

See also

Further reading

  • holen”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018