helpen

From Middle Dutch helpen, from Old Dutch helpan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛl.pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: hel‧pen
• Rhymes: -ɛlpən

helpen

1. (transitive) to help

   Wie mag ik helpen? ― Whom may I help?

2. (transitive) to provide, to supply [with aan ‘with’]

   Bedankt dat je mij aan dat truitje hebt geholpen! ― Thanks for getting me that sweater!

3. (transitive) to get hooked, to cause (someone) to be very keen (on), addicted or depended [with aan ‘to’]

   Die vriendengroup had haar aan de drank geholpen. ― That circle of friends got her addicted to alcohol.

Conjugation of helpen (strong class 3+7)
infinitive	helpen
past singular	hielp
past participle	geholpen
infinitive	helpen
gerund	helpen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	help	hielp
2nd person sing. (jij)	helpt, help2	hielp
2nd person sing. (u)	helpt	hielp
2nd person sing. (gij)	helpt	hielpt
3rd person singular	helpt	hielp
plural	helpen	hielpen
subjunctive sing.1	helpe	hielpe
subjunctive plur.1	helpen	hielpen
imperative sing.	help
imperative plur.1	helpt
participles	helpend	geholpen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• Afrikaans: help
• Berbice Creole Dutch: helpu
• Javindo: helpen
• Jersey Dutch: hälpe
• Negerhollands: help
• Skepi Creole Dutch: halp
• → Caribbean Javanese: hèlep, ngèlep

helpen

1. Alternative spelling of hölpen

From Old Dutch helpan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

helpen

1. to help, to aid, to assist
2. to be helpful, to be beneficial

Strong class 3
Infinitive	helpen
3rd sg. past	halp
3rd pl. past	holpen
Past participle	geholpen
Infinitive	helpen
In genitive	helpens
In dative	helpene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	helpe	halp
2nd singular	helps, helpes	holps, holpes
3rd singular	helpt, helpet	halp
1st plural	helpen	holpen
2nd plural	helpt, helpet	holpt, holpet
3rd plural	helpen	holpen
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	helpe	holpe
2nd singular	helps, helpes	holpes
3rd singular	helpe	holpe
1st plural	helpen	holpen
2nd plural	helpt, helpet	holpet
3rd plural	helpen	holpen
Imperative	Present
Singular	help, helpe
Plural	helpt, helpet
	Present	Past
Participle	helpende	geholpen

• Dutch: helpen
  • Afrikaans: help
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: helpu
  • Javindo: helpen
  • Jersey Dutch: hälpe
  • Negerhollands: help
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: halp
  • → Caribbean Javanese: hèlep, ngèlep
• Limburgish: hèlpe

• “helpen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “helpen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• help, elp, helpi, healpe, heolpe, halpen, hælpan

From Old English helpan, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

helpen (third-person singular simple present helpeth, present participle helpende, first-/third-person singular past indicative holp, past participle holpen)

1. to help
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-18.

     And specially from every shires ende
     Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende,
     The hooly blisful martir for to seke,
     That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.

     And specially from every shire's end
     Of England to Canterbury they travel,
     To seek the holy blessed martyr,
     Who helped them when they were sick.

• unhelpen

• English: help
• Scots: help
• Yola: help

• “helpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Saxon helpan (“to help”), from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. Cognate with English helpan, Dutch helpen and German helfen.

• (originally) IPA^(key): /hɛlpən/

helpen

1. to help

• German Low German: helpen, hölpen

helpen

1. plural of help