German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German hagelen. Compare Dutch hagelen, English hail (verb).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

hageln (weak, third-person singular present hagelt, past tense hagelte, past participle gehagelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal, weather) to hail

Usage notes edit

  • Used impersonally with es in the same way as in English ‘it rains’. Other forms are rare or nonexistent.

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • hageln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hageln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hageln” in Duden online
  • hageln” in OpenThesaurus.de