halen

halen

1. third-person plural present indicative of halar

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦalɛn]

halen

1. genitive plural of halena

halen

1. masculine singular passive participle of halit

halen c

1. definite singular of hale

From Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch *halon, from Proto-West Germanic *halōn, from Proto-Germanic *halōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaːlə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧len
• Rhymes: -aːlən
• Homophone: Haelen

halen

1. (transitive) to fetch, to get

   Iets te drinken halen. ― To get something to drink.

2. (transitive) to reach (a goal), to catch

   De trein halen. ― To catch the train.

3. (intransitive, het halen) to make it

   Synonym: het redden

Conjugation of halen (weak)
infinitive	halen
past singular	haalde
past participle	gehaald
infinitive	halen
gerund	halen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	haal	haalde
2nd person sing. (jij)	haalt, haal2	haalde
2nd person sing. (u)	haalt	haalde
2nd person sing. (gij)	haalt	haalde
3rd person singular	haalt	haalde
plural	halen	haalden
subjunctive sing.1	hale	haalde
subjunctive plur.1	halen	haalden
imperative sing.	haal
imperative plur.1	haalt
participles	halend	gehaald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• Afrikaans: haal
• Negerhollands: haal, hael
• → Aukan: ali
• → Papiamentu: hala, ala

halen

1. inflection of halar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From Old Saxon halōn, from Proto-West Germanic *halōn, from Proto-Germanic *halōną. Compare Dutch halen, English hale.

halen (past halt, past participle halt, auxiliary verb hewwen)
halen (past haal, past participle haalt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to (go) get, to fetch (to go somewhere and take something)

   Ik haal noch en Stohl.

   I go get another chair.

2. (colloquial, reflexive) to get (in the sense of “to acquire, to buy”)

   Ik haal mi morgen en ne'en Feernseher.

   I’m getting a new TV tomorrow.

In the dialect of Fritz Reuter:^[1]

Infinitive
halen
Present Active
[ick] hal(e)	[du] hal(e)st	[hei] hal(t)	[wi] hal(e)n	[ji] hal(e)t	[sei] hal(e)n
Imperfect Active
[ick] halt(e)	[du] halt(e)st	[hei] halt(e)	[wi] halt(e)n	[ji] halt(e)t	[sei] halt(e)n
Imperative
hal(e)			hal(e)t
Past Participle
hal(e)t

• The e in brackets often gets dropped.

Unnamed dialect(s):

From Middle High German halden, from Old High German haltan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Cognate with German halten, Dutch houden, English hold, West Frisian hâlde, Icelandic halda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːlen/, [ˈhaːlən]
• Rhymes: -aːlən

halen (third-person singular present hält, preterite houl, past participle gehalen, past subjunctive héil, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to keep

   de Rescht kënnt Dir halen ― you can keep the change

Irregular with past tense
infinitive	halen
participle	gehalen
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	past indicative	conditional	imperative
1st singular	halen	houl	héil	—
2nd singular	häls	houls	héils	hal
3rd singular	hält	houl	héil	—
1st plural	halen	houlen	héilen	—
2nd plural	haalt	hoult	héilt	haalt
3rd plural	halen	houlen	héilen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

• bäihalen

halen m

1. definite singular of hale

halen m

1. definite singular of hale

halen

1. inflection of halar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From Middle Welsh halaen, halen, from Proto-Brythonic *haluɨn, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”). Doublet of halwyn (“chemical salt”). Cognate with Cornish holan, Breton holen, Irish salann, and more distantly also Latin sāl and English salt.

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈhalɛn/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈhalan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhaːlɛn/, /ˈhalɛn/
• Rhymes: -alɛn

halen m (plural halenau, not mutable)

1. salt

• pen-ôl gwraig Lot (humorous)

• halen y ddaear (“salt of the earth”)
• pupur a halen (“salt and pepper”)

• hâl m (“chemical salt”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “halen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies