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glockenhell

German, adjective[ˈɡlɔkn̩ˈhɛl]

glockenhell is spelled G-L-O-C-K-E-N-H-E-L-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glockenhell is a German adjective meaning “bright and clear (like a bell) (of a sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besonders hell und klar, wie eine Glocke klingend”.

What does glockenhell mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bright and clear (like a bell) (of a sound)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. besonders hell und klar, wie eine Glocke klingend

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of glockenhell

  • glockenheller masculine nominative singular
  • glockenhelle feminine nominative singular
  • glockenhelles neuter nominative singular
  • glockenhellen genitive masculine singular
  • glockenhellem dative masculine singular
  • der glockenhelle definite includes-article masculine
  • die glockenhelle definite feminine includes-article
  • das glockenhelle definite includes-article neuter
  • die glockenhellen definite includes-article nominative
  • des glockenhellen definite genitive includes-article
  • der glockenhellen definite feminine genitive
  • dem glockenhellen dative definite includes-article
  • den glockenhellen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce glockenhell?

  • [ˈɡlɔkn̩ˈhɛl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is glockenhell in German?

glockenhell appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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