hell
Meaning
clear, bright, light
Concepts
light-coloured
light in color
radious
Opposite of
dunkel
Synonyms
lichtvoll
lernfähig
Aufheiterung
hellfarbig
sonnenbeschienen
ausgeleuchtet
in der Sonne
gravis
hell strahlend
gelehrsam
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
haiter
Basel-Landschaft
hääl
Basel-Landschaft
häll
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɛl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German hel (“resounding, loud, shining, bright”), from Old High German hel (“resounding”), from Proto-Germanic *halliz (“resounding”), from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (“to resound, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, make noise”). Cognate with Dutch hel.
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