Hölle
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German helle, from Old High German hella, hellia, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).
Compare Low German Hell, Dutch hel, English hell, Icelandic hel, helvíti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Hölle f (genitive Hölle, plural Höllen)
- hell
- Synonyms: Inferno n, Teufelsort m (“Devil's place”)
- Antonyms: Himmel, Paradies
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hölle [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Hölle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hölle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hölle” in Duden online
Paronyms
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/œlə
- Rhymes:German/œlə/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns