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 ”
hell
DE • German
//hɛl//
Direct English Associations & Meanings:
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Definitions & Usage
adjective
#2(figurative) quick, clever
Example: “ein heller Verstand”
Example: “ein heller Kopf”
adjective
#3(figurative, intensifier) great
English lookup:
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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