hell

Meaning

clear, bright, light

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

haiter

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hääl

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

häll

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɛl/
Etymology

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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