Halle

• As a German surname, variant of Hall.
• As a French surname, from the noun halle (“covered room”).
• As a Belgian and Dutch surname, from Halle, Belgium.
• As a Jewish surname, from Halle in Saxony, named after the river Saale.

• (female given name) enPR: hălē, IPA^(key): /ˈhæli/

Halle

1. An independent city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
2. A female given name, alternative spelling of Hallie. popularized by american actress Halle Berry

• Hella, hella, hella-

• (Gelderland) First attested as hall in 1263. Potentially a compound of Proto-Germanic *halha- (“highland spur”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil”). Another possibility is a derivation from Middle Dutch halle (“covered market”), from Old Dutch *halla, from Frankish *hallu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑ.lə/
• Hyphenation: Hal‧le
• Rhymes: -ɑlə

Halle n

1. A city in Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

   Meronyms: Buizingen, Lembeek

2. A village in Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Netherlands.
3. A city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

• Hallenaar
• Halls
• Halle-Heide
• Halle-Nijman
• Parelgrijs van Halle
• Hals

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalə/
• Rhymes: -alə

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.

Halle f (genitive Halle, plural Hallen)

1. hall

• Feuerhalle
• Kaufhalle
• Leichenhalle
• Schwimmhalle
• Spielhalle
• Turnhalle

• Hallenbad, Hallenschwimmbad

Attested in early manuscripts as Halla. Of unclear origin, traditionally linked to the river Saale, whose name ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”). Or, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju (“building supported by columns”).

Halle n (proper noun, genitive Halles or (optionally with an article) Halle)

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

   Synonyms: Halle (Saale), Halle an der Saale, Halle a/S., Halle a. d. S., Halle a. S.

2. A town in Gütersloh district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

   Synonyms: Halle (Westf.), Halle (Westfalen)

3. A village in Grafschaft Bentheim district, Lower Saxony, Germany
4. A municipality of the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany
5. A small river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
6. A city and municipality of the district of Halle-Vilvoorde, province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium

• hallisch, Hallenser, Haller

• Steffen Drenkelfuss: Halle – die schräge Stadt. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (Halle/Saalkreis)

• “Halle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Halle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Halle” in Duden online
• Halle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Halle”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891