German

Noun

Hagel m ‎(genitive Hagels, no plural)

1. hail

Declension

Related terms

• hageln
• verhageln
• Hagelschlag
• Hagelkorn

Dutch

Noun

hagel m ‎(uncountable)

1. hail (frozen rain)
2. shot (small metal balls used as ammunition)

Derived terms

• (hail rain): hagelkorrel, hagelsteen, hagelstorm

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hael

Verb

hagel

1. first-person singular present indicative of hagelen
2. imperative of hagelen

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz ‎(“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos ‎(“pebble, hail”).

Cognates with Danish, Icelandic and Norwegian hagl, Old English hægl and hagol (English hail), Old Frisian heil, Old High German hagal (German Hagel) and Old Saxon hagal (Low German Hagel), Dutch hagel.

Noun

hagel n

1. (uncountable) hail; a kind of weather
2. a hail; a grain of the precipitation
3. a shot (small metal balls used as ammunition)

Declension

Related terms

• hagelby
• hagelbössa
• hagelgevär
• hagelkorn
• hagelskada
• hagelskadad
• hagelskott
• hagelskur
• hagelstorlek
• hagelsvärm
• hagla

References

• hagel in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)