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Halle.

hall (a spacious room, especially one with a specific function)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhalə/
  1. hall (a spacious room, especially one with a specific function)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu. Compare Low German Hall, Dutch hal, English hall, Danish hall, Swedish hall.

name/ˈhalə/
  1. Halle (an independent city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

    neuter · proper-noun
  2. a town in Gütersloh district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun
  3. a village in Grafschaft Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun
  4. a municipality of the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun
  5. a small river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun
  6. a city and municipality of the district of Halle-Vilvoorde, province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

Attested in early manuscripts as Halla. Of unclear origin, traditionally linked to the river Saale, whose name ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l (“salt”). Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu (“building supported by columns”).

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