helder

• elder
• hether

From Old Norse heldr. Cognate with Danish heller.

helder (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Rather.

From Dutch helder, from hel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛl.dər/

helder (attributive helder, comparative helderder, superlative helderste)

1. clear, bright
2. clear, lucid, obvious
3. clear, transparent, lucid

From earlier heller, derived from or related to hel (“bright”), though the origin of the suffix -er is unknown.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛldər/

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• Hyphenation: hel‧der
• Rhymes: -ɛldər

helder (comparative helderder, superlative helderst)

1. clear, bright
2. clear, lucid, obvious
3. clear, transparent, lucid

Declension of helder
uninflected	helder
inflected	heldere
comparative	helderder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		helder	helderder	het helderst het helderste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	heldere	helderdere	helderste
	n. sing.	helder	helderder	helderste
	plural	heldere	helderdere	helderste
definite		heldere	helderdere	helderste
partitive		helders	helderders	—

• Afrikaans: helder
• Negerhollands: helter
• → Papiamentu: helder (dated)