Hülle
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German hülle, from Old High German hulla, derived from the verb hullen (whence modern hüllen), from Proto-West Germanic *hulljan, from Proto-Germanic *huljaną. Related with English hull, though not immediately cognate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Hülle f (genitive Hülle, plural Hüllen)
- covering, wrapping
- case, sheath
- Synonym: Hülse
- husk (useless, dried-up, worthless exterior)
- mantle (anything that covers or conceals something else)
- shell (any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure)
- cladding (hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection)
- (aeronautics) envelope (bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship)
- (chemistry) shell (set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number)
- (mathematics) closure (smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hülle [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]- CD-Hülle f (“jewel case (CD cover)”)
- enthüllen (“to unveil, reveal”)
- Erdhülle (“geosphere”)
- Hüllblatt (“involucre”)
- hüllen (“to wrap, drape, cover”)
- Hüllenelektron (“shell electron”)
- Hüllkelch
- Hüllkurve (“envelope (geometry)”)
- Hüllwort (“euphemism”)
- in Hülle und Fülle (“in abundance”)
- Lufthülle (“atmosphere”)
Further reading
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- Rhymes:German/ʏlə
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