Meanings
heller1
plural hellers
- historicalA German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
- A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.
heller2
Heller3
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
heller · noun
- GermanHeller
- Englishheller
Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Heller · proper noun
- Yiddishהעל
- Middle Englishheller“dweller on the hill,”
- EnglishHeller
* As a German surname, from a coin known as the häller, first minted at Schwäbisch Hall, compare Hall. Also as a Jewish habitational surname for someone from this area. * Also as German surname, variant of Helle, itself from Helle (“hell”). * As a Dutch surname, variant of Helder, from the adjective helder (“clear, bright”). * As an English surname, variant of Hillier. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English heller (“dweller on the hill,”) see Hiller and Huller. * Also as a Jewish surname, from German hell (“bright, light”) or Yiddish העל (hel) of the same meaning.
More words from Middle English, Yiddish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech haléř
- haléřSubdivision of Czech koruna
French heller, haller
- heller13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
- haller13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
German Heller, Heller
- Heller13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
- HellerSubdivision of Czech koruna
Polish halerz, halerz
- halerz13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
- halerzSubdivision of Czech koruna
Russian ге́ллер, ге́ллер
- ге́ллер (géller)13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig
- ге́ллер (géller)Subdivision of Czech koruna
Slovak halier
- halierSubdivision of Czech koruna
Cite this entry
heller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heller
“heller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heller. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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