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helfen

helfen

German

Alternative forms

Verb

helfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present hilft, past tense half, past participle geholfen, past subjunctive hülfe, auxiliary haben)

  1. to help (someone); to assist; to aid [+dative]
    Ich habe ihr bei der Reparatur des Wagens geholfen.
    I helped her with the repair of the car.

Conjugation

  • The subjunctive II can be "hälfe" as well as "hülfe".

Derived terms


Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German helfan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. Cognate with Middle Low German helpen, Middle Dutch helpen, and Middle English helpen.

Verb

hëlfen

  1. to help

Conjugation

Descendants


Welsh

Noun

helfen

  1. h-prothesized form of elfen

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
elfen unchanged unchanged helfen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.