hehlen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German heln, from Old High German helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hehlen (weak, third-person singular present hehlt, past tense hehlte, past participle gehehlt, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic, transitive) to hide, to conceal, to hele
- (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
[edit]infinitive | hehlen | ||||
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present participle | hehlend | ||||
past participle | gehehlt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hehle | wir hehlen | i | ich hehle | wir hehlen |
du hehlst | ihr hehlt | du hehlest | ihr hehlet | ||
er hehlt | sie hehlen | er hehle | sie hehlen | ||
preterite | ich hehlte | wir hehlten | ii | ich hehlte1 | wir hehlten1 |
du hehltest | ihr hehltet | du hehltest1 | ihr hehltet1 | ||
er hehlte | sie hehlten | er hehlte1 | sie hehlten1 | ||
imperative | hehl (du) hehle (du) |
hehlt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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