Helling
German, noun[ˈhɛlɪŋ]
Helling is spelled H-E-L-L-I-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Helling is a German feminine noun meaning “slipway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Ufer hin leicht abfallender Schiffsbauplatz einer Werft”.
What does Helling mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslipway
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zum Ufer hin leicht abfallender Schiffsbauplatz einer Werft
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 Helling
- Hellingen plural
- Helge alternative
- Hellinge nominative plural
- Helligen nominative plural
- Hellings genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Helling?
- [ˈhɛlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Helling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Helling in German?
Helling appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).