hjälp
Swedish
Alternative forms
- hjelp (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛlp/
Audio (Gotland): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlp
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hiælp, from Old Norse hjalp, hjǫlp.
Noun
hjälp c
- (uncountable) help (something or someone that helps)
- Jag behövde hjälp med läxan, så jag bad Nisse om hjälp
- I needed help with my homework, so I asked Nisse for help
- Tack för hjälpen!
- Thanks for the help!
- Jag hörde någon ropa på hjälp
- I heard someone calling for help
- Jag räddade honom med hjälp av ett rep
- I rescued him with the help of a rope
- Tips från allmänheten har varit till stor hjälp i utredningen
- Tips from the public have been a [been of] great help / very helpful in the investigation
- Till hjälp har de rådgivare
- They have advisors to help them
- (literally, “As help, they have advisors”)
- Polisen tog orienterare till hjälp
- The police enlisted the help of orienteers
- (literally, “The police took orienteers as help”)
- Att få prata med andra i samma sits har varit en stor hjälp
- Getting to talk to others in the same boat [seat] has been a great help
- assistance
- Jag kanske kan vara till hjälp
- Maybe I can be of assistance / help
- aid
- hjälpsändningar
- aid shipments
- ge någon första hjälpen
- administer first aid to someone
- (literally, “give someone the first help”)
- help (person(s) assisting with (simple) tasks (in exchange for payment))
- städhjälpen
- the cleaning lady, etc.
- (literally, “the cleaning help”)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hjälp | hjälps |
| definite | hjälpen | hjälpens | |
| plural | indefinite | hjälpar | hjälpars |
| definite | hjälparna | hjälparnas |
Derived terms
Interjection
hjälp
- help! (cry of distress)
Etymology 2
Verb
hjälp
- imperative of hjälpa