hageln

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, impersonal, weather) to hail

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

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Further reading

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