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German
Etymology
er- + hellen
Pronunciation
Verb
erhellen (weak, third-person singular present erhellt, past tense erhellte, past participle erhellt, auxiliary haben)
- (also figuratively) to illuminate, to brighten
- (figurative, reflexive or intransitive) to illuminate, to brighten
1801, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Werke in fünf Bänden. Herausgegeben von Andreas Flitner und Klaus Giel, volume II, Darmstadt: WBG, published 2010, S. 559:Es würde unnütz seyn, noch mehrere dieser Tänze, deren Charakter hinlänglich aus den obengenannten erhellt, anzuführen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
erhellen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
erhellen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “erhellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “erhellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “erhellen” in Duden online
- “erhellen” in OpenThesaurus.de