hehlen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German heln, from Old High German helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heːlən/, /heːln̩/
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Verb
hehlen (weak, third-person singular present hehlt, past tense hehlte, past participle gehehlt, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic, transitive) to hide, to conceal, to hele
- (transitive or intransitive, rare) to fence, to illegally trade or traffic in [with accusative or mit (+ dative) ‘stolen goods’]
- Der Verurteilte hatte jahrelang mit Autoradios gehehlt.
- The convict had been fencing car radios for years.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hehlen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | hehlen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | hehlend | ||||
| past participle | gehehlt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich hehle | wir hehlen | i | ich hehle | wir hehlen |
| du hehlst | ihr hehlt | du hehlest | ihr hehlet | ||
| er hehlt | sie hehlen | er hehle | sie hehlen | ||
| preterite | ich hehlte | wir hehlten | ii | ich hehlte1 | wir hehlten1 |
| du hehltest | ihr hehltet | du hehltest1 | ihr hehltet1 | ||
| er hehlte | sie hehlten | er hehlte1 | sie hehlten1 | ||
| imperative | hehl (du) hehle (du) |
hehlt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of hehlen (weak, auxiliary haben)