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Hülle.

covering, wrapping

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈhʏlə]
  1. covering, wrapping

    feminine
  2. synonym of Kleidung

    feminine · humorous · in-plural · often
    die Hüllen fallen lassen
  3. case, sheath

    feminine
  4. husk (useless, dried-up, worthless exterior)

    feminine
  5. mantle (anything that covers or conceals something else)

    feminine
  6. shell (any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure)

    feminine
  7. cladding (hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection)

    feminine
  8. envelope (bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship)

    feminine
  9. shell (set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number)

    feminine
  10. closure (smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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