Direct Cross-Language Association: “hell” in English

This word also exists in English! Meaning: “(in many religions, often capitalized) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to ”

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hell

DEGerman
//hɛl//

Direct English Associations & Meanings:

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Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

clear, bright, light

English lookup: clearbrightlight
adjective
#2

(figurative) quick, clever

English lookup: quickclever
Example: ein heller Verstand
Example: ein heller Kopf
adjective
#3

(figurative, intensifier) great

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Example: helle Freude

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

»[…]Mein Sohn Otto teilte mir gestern nachmittag in heller Empörung mit, daß Sie, Herr Lehrer, eine schier unerhörte Bemerkung fallen gelassen hätten –«

1937, Ödön von Horváth, “Die reichen Plebejer”, in Jugend ohne Gott [Youth Without God / The Age of the Fish]:

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