heller
heller noun: a German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
Noun (1)
heller (plural hellers)
- A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
- A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.
Noun (2)
heller (plural hellers)
- A noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; a hellion.
Proper noun capitalized: Heller
Heller (plural Hellers)
- A surname.
heller meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
heller in Hindi
- हेलर, हेल्लर
heller in Tamil
- ஹெல்லர், ஹெலர்
heller in Marathi
- हेलर, हॅलर
heller in Urdu
- ہیلر
More languagesFewer languages
- heller in Bengali
- হেলার, হ্যালার
- heller in Telugu
- హెల్లర్, హెలెర్, హెలర్
- heller in Malayalam
- ഹെല്ലർ, ഹെലർ
- heller in Kannada
- ಹೆಲ್ಲರ್, ಹೆಲರ್
- heller in Punjabi
- ਹੇਲਰ, ਹੈਲਰ
- heller in Gujarati
- હેલર, હેલ્લર, હૅલર
- heller in Odia
- ହେଲର୍, ହେଲର
- heller in Nepali
- हेलर, हेल्लर
Forms of heller
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hellers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hellers |
Origin of heller
Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.
1890–95, Americanism; short for hell-raiser.
* As a German surname, from a coin known as the häller, first minted at Schwäbisch Hall, compare Hall. Also as a Jewish habitational surname for someone from this area. * Also as German surname, variant of Helle, itself from Helle (“hell”). * As a Dutch surname, variant of Helder, from the adjective helder (“clear, bright”). * As an English surname, variant of Hillier. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English heller (“dweller on the hill,”) see Hiller and Huller. * Also as a Jewish surname, from German hell (“bright, light”) or Yiddish העל (hel) of the same meaning.
Words formed from heller
Phrases with heller
Questions about heller
- What does heller mean?
- Heller means a German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
- What is heller in Hindi?
- Heller in Hindi is हेलर, हेल्लर. See Heller meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heller?
- Heller can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of heller?
- The plural of heller is hellers.
Words near heller in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: heller (page history and authors); Heller (page history and authors); heller (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heller (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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