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• heller
  heller

  noun

  a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.
• Heller
  Heller

  noun

  Joseph, 1923–99, U.S. novelist.

heller

¹ American  

[hel-er] / ˈhɛl ər /

noun

Informal.

1. a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.

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heller ² American  

[hel-er] / ˈhɛl ər /

noun

hellers, plural heller plural

1. a former coin of various German states, usually equal to half a pfennig.

2. a former bronze coin of Austria, one 100th of a korona.

3. haler.

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Heller ³ American  

[hel-er] / ˈhɛl ər /

noun

1. Joseph, 1923–99, U.S. novelist.

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heller ¹ British  

/ ˈhɛlə /

noun

1. a monetary unit of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, worth one hundredth of a koruna

2. any of various old German or Austrian coins of low denomination

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Heller ² British  

/ ˈhɛlə /

noun

1. Joseph. 1923–99, US novelist. His works include Catch 22 (1961), God Knows (1984), Picture This (1988), and Closing Time (1994)

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heller ³ British  

/ ˈhɛlə /

noun

1. another word for hellion

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• heller
  plural
• hellers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of heller¹

1890–95, short for hell-raiser

Origin of heller²

First recorded in 1565–75; from German, Middle High German haller, heller, after (Schwäbisch) Hall, the Swabian town where they were originally minted; see -er ¹

Example Sentences

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The boy occasionally earned a few heller running errands for the local postmaster.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Free City of Danzig is about to discard German marks and substitute an independent currency with 100 heller to one gulden.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Marseilles, he became a bit of a heller on a £3OO-a-year allowance from an indulgent uncle.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was also, says Sunny, "sort of a heller."

From Time Magazine Archive

I was soon requested to pay, but I have only three heller with me.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

“This is a truly rare opportunity to acquire one of the Hollywood Hills’ most historically significant and private estates,” says Heller.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Heller began representing González, whom he calls an “original voice,” last year after being introduced to her work by another painter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

A buffer zone in southern Lebanon would do little to eliminate that threat, Heller told AFP, "for which it doesn't seem like the Israelis have an effective countermeasure."

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

After originalist scholars reopened the Second Amendment, the court endorsed the individual-rights view in Heller v.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Mr. Heller places a firm hand on my shoulder as he walks by.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Hella thinks it was the marzipan, for they were large ones at 20 hellers each because nuts lie heavy on the stomach.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Paul, Eden

We have hardly got in and we already owe sixty hellers.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

When we were in the cab, and the cab-driver turned the disc so that the first sixty hellers were visible, I continued the jest.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

Sixteen hellers were also paid weekly from the Town-house for each sick person, by which one person could be well supported.

From The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. by Platter, Thomas

"Hang it all, I've nothing here but pfennigs and hellers and centimes."

From The Husbands of Edith by McCutcheon, George Barr