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Dutch
Etymology
From hel + -s.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hels (comparative helser, superlative meest hels or helst)
- (literal) hellish, in or related to hell
Deze schilder had een voorliefde voor helse taferelen.- This painter had a predilection for scenes featuring hell.
- diabolically horrible, gruesome
- devilishly extreme, intense
Opeens klonk er een hels kabaal vanuit het café. Ik nam aan dat de band dus nog op tijd was gekomen.- Suddenly an enormous uproar sounded from the café. So I supposed that the band had still made it in time.
- chemically aggressive
Dat is helse steen.- That is hellish stone (i.e. silver nitrate).
Inflection
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
hels
- imperative of helsa