Heller
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire. historical
- 2 A noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; a hellion. Cornwall, US
- 3 a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) wordnet
- 4 A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.
- 5 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic wordnet
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- 6 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia wordnet
- 1 A surname.
Etymology
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.
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