heller

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• CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* 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.

Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.

1890–95, Americanism; short for hell-raiser.

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: heller — 13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
• French: haller — 13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
• German: Heller — 13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
• Polish: halerz — 13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
• Russian: ге́ллер (géller) — 13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
• Czech: haléř — Subdivision of Czech koruna
• German: Heller — Subdivision of Czech koruna
• Polish: halerz — Subdivision of Czech koruna
• Russian: ге́ллер (géller) — Subdivision of Czech koruna
• Slovak: halier — Subdivision of Czech koruna