Nominal Forms
Infinitive: hëlfen
Past Participle: geholfen
Present participle: hëlfende
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| ich | hilfe |
| du | hilfest |
| ër | hilfet |
| wir | hëlfen |
| ir | hëlfet |
| sie | hëlfent |
Past
| ich | half |
| du | hülfe |
| ër | half |
| wir | hulfen |
| ir | hulfet |
| sie | hulfen |
Subjunctive
Present
| ich | hëlfe |
| du | hëlfest |
| ër | hëlfet |
| wir | hëlfen |
| ir | hëlfet |
| sie | hëlfen |
Past
| ich | halfe |
| du | hülfest |
| ër | halfe |
| wir | hulfen |
| ir | hulfet |
| sie | hulfen |
Imperative
| du | hilfes |
| wir | hëlfen |
| ir | hëlfet |
Etymology
Verbs referencing "hëlfen"
Cimbrian hölfan.
Verbs conjugated like 'hëlfen'
bevëhlen,
bëlgen,
bëllen,
empfëhlen,
gëllen,
gëlten,
hëlfen,
hëllen,
knëllen,
kërren,
mëlken,
quëllen,
schëllen,
schëlten,
schërren,
smëlzen,
stërben,
stërzen,
swëllen,
tëlben, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hëlfen'
hëllen,
bëlgen,
bëllen,
gëllen,
gëlten,
halsen,
halten,
mëlken,
tëlben,
wëllen,
Nibelungen Lied References
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(Nibelungenlied 53a:3) unde wile dir ez helfen vüegen. sô ich bezziste kan. And straightway to fulfil it / I'll help as best I can,
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(Nibelungenlied 59a:3) dar sulet ir mir helfen. vater Sigemunt. In this, O royal father, / thy present help I pray."
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(Nibelungenlied 62a:1) nû helfet mir der reise. in Burgonden lande. "So help me on my journey / to the land of Burgundy,
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(Nibelungenlied 63a:2) sô hilfe ich dir der reise. mîn einigez kint. "My only son, I'll help thee / as fits thee forth to ride,
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(Nibelungenlied 2381a:4) wer sol mir danne helfen. in der Amelunge lant. Who now shall be my helpers / in the Amelungen land?
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(Nibelungenlied 2383a:2) dô half daz er sich wâfenete. meister Hiltebrant To don the which did help him / Master Hildebrand.
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(Nibelungenlied 2436a:4) si mohte lützel helfen. daz si sô angestlîchen schrê. Yet that she shrieked so loudly, / to save her what might that avail?