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heller en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.

Meanings

  1. (historical) A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
  2. A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.

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Translations (10)

pl halerz (Subdivision of Czech koruna) · de Heller (13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig) · fr haller (13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig) · ru ге́ллер (13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig) · pl halerz (13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig) · sk halier (Subdivision of Czech koruna) · ru ге́ллер (Subdivision of Czech koruna) · fr heller (13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig) · cs haléř (Subdivision of Czech koruna) · de Heller (Subdivision of Czech koruna)

heller en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (Cornwall, US) A noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; a hellion.

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