hälleberg

Swedish

Etymology

häll +‎ -e- +‎ berg.

The origin of the usage "fall on solid ground" in the sense of "fruitless" is from the biblical Parable of the Sower.

Noun

hälleberg n

  1. solid ground, solid rock
    falla på hälleberget ― not be taken into account (literally, “fall on rocky ground”)

Declension

Declension of hälleberg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hälleberg hällebergs
definite hälleberget hällebergets
plural indefinite hälleberg hällebergs
definite hällebergen hällebergens

References

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