hehlen

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /heːlən/, /heːln̩/
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Verb

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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 [with accusative or mit (+ dative) ‘stolen goods’]
    Der Verurteilte hatte jahrelang mit Autoradios gehehlt.
    The convict had been fencing car radios for years.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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