hellauf
German, adverb/ˌhɛlˈaʊ̯f/
hellauf is spelled H-E-L-L-A-U-F (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hellauf is a German adverb meaning “absolutely, totally, extremely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “frei heraus und spontan, sehr, überaus”.
What does hellauf mean in English?
adverb
- 1
archaicjolly, merry
- 2
rareabsolutely, totally, extremely
hellauf begeistert sein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. frei heraus und spontan, sehr, überaus
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce hellauf?
- /ˌhɛlˈaʊ̯f/
- [ˈhɛlʔaʊ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hellauf in German?
hellauf appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).