heller
noun
a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.
heller
1 American
[hel-er]
/ ˈhɛl ər /
noun
Informal.
heller
2
American
[hel-er]
/ ˈhɛl ər /
noun
-
hellers,
plural
-
heller
plural
-
a former coin of various German states, usually equal to half a pfennig.
-
a former bronze coin of Austria, one 100th of a korona.
Heller
3
American
[hel-er]
/ ˈhɛl ər /
noun
heller
1
British
/ ˈhɛlə /
noun
-
a monetary unit of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, worth one hundredth of a koruna
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any of various old German or Austrian coins of low denomination
Heller
2
British
/ ˈhɛlə /
noun
heller
3
British
/ ˈhɛlə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
He was also, says Sunny, "sort of a heller."
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
Well, you see, it was like this: the poor feller—" "Poor heller!
From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes
He was married to Elizabeth Heller until her death on June 16, 1997.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Peter Heller novel that provided the film’s source was written pre-Covid-19, yet the movie functions as a wry metaphor for how the virus made people crazy in discernibly different ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
While Heller was built on phony history, it reflected a genuine, hard-fought shift in public understanding.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
His book Attached, co-written with Rachel Heller, was first published in 2010 and has since sold millions of copies around the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The ride with Mr. Heller to Kopp’s is quick, and he starts to ask me about Pakistan.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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 Sigmund Freud
"Hang it all, I've nothing here but pfennigs and hellers and centimes."
From The Husbands of Edith by George Barr McCutcheon
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 Eden Paul
We have hardly got in and we already owe sixty hellers.
From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Sigmund Freud
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 Thomas Platter
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