hageln

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German hagelen. Compare Dutch hagelen, English hail (verb).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

hageln (weak, third-person singular present hagelt, past tense hagelte, past participle gehagelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal, weather) to hail

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used impersonally with es in the same way as in English ‘it rains’. Other forms are rare or nonexistent.

Conjugation[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

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