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German
Etymology
Hölle + -n- + Hund
Pronunciation
Noun
Höllenhund m (strong, genitive Höllenhundes or Höllenhunds, plural Höllenhunde)
- (mythology) hellhound
- Coordinate term: Zerberus
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 628; republished as H. T. Lowe-Porter, transl., 1927:Er stürzt. Nein, er hat sich platt hingeworfen, da ein Höllenhund anheult, ein großes Brisanzgeschoß, ein ekelhafter Zuckerhut des Abgrunds.- He stumbles. No, he has flung himself down, a hell-hound is coming howling, a huge explosive shell, a disgusting sugar-loaf from the infernal regions.
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