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 solid ground, solid rock falla på hälleberget ― not be taken into account (literally, “fall on rocky ground”) ==== Declension ==== === References === “hälleberg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hälleberg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hälleberg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) häll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)