Helgoland

English

Proper noun

Helgoland

  1. Alternative form of Heligoland

Danish

Proper noun

Helgoland

  1. Heligoland
  2. Used in various phrases as a bowdlerization of helvede.

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛl.ɣoːˌlɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: Hel‧go‧land

Proper noun

Helgoland n

  1. Heligoland

German

Etymology

Possibly from the phrase heiliges Land (holy land) and related to the island's consecration to Forseti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɡoˌlant/
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Proper noun

Helgoland n (proper noun, genitive Helgolands or (optionally with an article) Helgoland)

  1. Heligoland (an archipelago in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in the North Sea)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Helgoland

  1. Heligoland
  2. Used in various phrases as a bowdlerization of helvete.
    Hva i Helgoland?
    What the heck?
    (literally, “What in Heligoland?”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Helgoland

  1. Heligoland

Portuguese

Proper noun

Helgoland f

  1. Alternative form of Heligoland
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