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helgen.

saint (a dead person recognised as holy in Christianity)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈhɛljən]
  1. saint (a dead person recognised as holy in Christianity)

    common-gender
  2. saint (a person who does good)

    common-gender · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish hælghæn, from Old Saxon hēlagon (“saints”), definite plural of the adjective hēlag (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz, cognate of German heilig, English holy. Doublet of hellig (“holy”).

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