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German
Etymology
From Middle High German hüllen, from Old High German hullen, hullan, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: hül‧len
Verb
hüllen (weak, third-person singular present hüllt, past tense hüllte, past participle gehüllt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, with in (in/with) + accusative) to wrap, to drape, to cover, to engulf
Sie hüllt das Baby in eine warme Decke.- She is wrapping the baby in a warm blanket.
Hüll dich in Schweigen!- Remain silent! (Wrap yourself in silence.)
Die Stadt war in Rauch gehüllt.- The city was engulfed in smoke.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
hüllen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
hüllen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hüllen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “hüllen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “hüllen” in Duden online
- “hüllen” in OpenThesaurus.de