hehlen

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word hehlen. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word hehlen, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say hehlen in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word hehlen you have here. The definition of the word hehlen will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhehlen, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German heln, from Old High German helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heːlən/, /heːln̩/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

hehlen (weak, third-person singular present hehlt, past tense hehlte, past participle gehehlt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to hide, to conceal, to hele
  2. (transitive or intransitive, rare) to fence, to illegally trade or traffic in
    Der Verurteilte hatte jahrelang mit Autoradios gehehlt.
    The convict had been fencing car radios for years.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hehlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hehlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hehlen” in Duden online
  • hehlen” in OpenThesaurus.de