hüllen

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See also: hullen, huellen, and Hüllen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hüllen, from Old High German hullen, hullan, from Proto-West Germanic *hulljan, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hül‧len

Verb

hüllen (weak, third-person singular present hüllt, past tense hüllte, past participle gehüllt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) 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!
    (literally, “Wrap yourself in silence.”)
    Die Stadt war in Rauch gehüllt.
    The city was engulfed in smoke.

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Further reading

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