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hell

Pronunciation: /hɛl/

“hell” is a German word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. clear, bright, light
  2. quick, clever
  3. great

Etymology

From Middle High German hel (“resounding, loud, shining, bright”), from Old High German hel (“resounding”), from Proto-Germanic *halliz (“resounding”), from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (“to resound, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, make noise”). Cognate with Dutch hel.

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