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Hellebarde

German, noun/ˌhɛləˈbardə/

Hellebarde is spelled H-E-L-L-E-B-A-R-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hellebarde is a German feminine noun meaning “halberd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “spätmittelalterlich bis frühneuzeitliche Hieb- und Stoßwaffe, die eine axtförmige Bartenklinge mit scharfer…”.

What does Hellebarde mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehalberd

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. spätmittelalterlich bis frühneuzeitliche Hieb- und Stoßwaffe, die eine axtförmige Bartenklinge mit scharfer Spitze oder Knauf auf langem Stiel besitzt

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Hellebarde

  • Hellebarden plural
  • Hellebarte alternative archaic
  • Halbarte alternative
  • Halmbarte alternative
  • Helmbarte alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Hellebarde?

  • /ˌhɛləˈbardə/
  • [-ˈbaʁdə]
  • [-ˈbaɐ̯də]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Hellebarde

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Hellebarde in German?

Hellebarde appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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