Hülle

See also: hulle, huelle, and hülle

German

Etymology

From Old High German hulla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhʏlə]
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  • Hyphenation: Hül‧le
  • Rhymes: -ʏlə

Noun

Hülle f (genitive Hülle, plural Hüllen)

  1. covering, wrapping
  2. case, sheath
  3. husk (useless, dried-up, worthless exterior)
  4. mantle (anything that covers or conceals something else)
  5. shell (any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure)
  6. cladding (hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection)
  7. (aeronautics) envelope (bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship)
  8. (chemistry) shell (set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number)
  9. (mathematics) closure (smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property)

Declension
Declension of Hülle
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hülle die Hüllen
genitive einer der Hülle der Hüllen
dative einer der Hülle den Hüllen
accusative eine die Hülle die Hüllen

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • CD-Hülle f (“jewel case (CD cover)”)
  • enthüllen (“to unveil, reveal”)
  • Erdhülle (“geosphere”)
  • Lufthülle (“atmosphere”)
  • Hüllblatt (“involucre”)
  • hüllen (“to wrap, drape, cover”)
  • Hüllenelektron (“shell electron”)
  • Hüllkelch
  • Hüllkurve (“envelope (geometry)”)
  • Hüllwort (“euphemism”)

Further reading
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