hell
German, adjective/hɛl/
hell is spelled H-E-L-L (4 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hell is a German adjective meaning “clear, bright, light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit viel Licht erfüllt und damit leuchtend oder gut ausgeleuchtet”.
What does hell mean in English?
adjective
- 1
clear, bright, light
- 2
quick, clever
ein heller Verstand
- 3
great
helle Freude
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit viel Licht erfüllt und damit leuchtend oder gut ausgeleuchtet 2. schnell denkend und von guter Auffassungsgabe 3. einen hohen Weißanteil und wenig Farben aufweisend 4. ein phonetisches/phonologisches Merkmal, das die vorderen Vokale besitzen, aufweisend
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 hell
- heller masculine nominative singular
- am hellsten superlative
- helle feminine nominative singular
- helles neuter nominative singular
- hellen genitive masculine singular
- hellem dative masculine singular
- der helle definite includes-article masculine
- die helle definite feminine includes-article
- das helle definite includes-article neuter
- die hellen definite includes-article nominative
- des hellen definite genitive includes-article
- der hellen definite feminine genitive
- dem hellen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hell?
- /hɛl/
- [hɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hell
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hell in German?
hell appears 20 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).