hüllen

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See also: hullen, huellen, and Hüllen

German

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Etymology

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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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  • IPA(key): [ˈhʏln̩], [ˈhʏlən]
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  • Hyphenation: hül‧len

Verb

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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 [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and in (+ accusative) ‘in something’]
    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.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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