hageln
German
Etymology
From Middle High German hagelen, synchronically analyzable as Hagel (“hail”) + -n. Compare Dutch hagelen, English hail (verb).
Pronunciation
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Verb
hageln (weak, third-person singular present hagelt, past tense hagelte, past participle gehagelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, impersonal, weather) to hail
Usage notes
- Used impersonally with es in the same way as in English ‘it rains’. Other forms are rare or nonexistent.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hageln (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | hageln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | hagelnd | ||||
| past participle | gehagelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | — | — | i | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hagelt | — | es hagele es hagle |
— | ||
| preterite | — | — | ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hagelte | — | es hagelte1 | — | ||
| imperative | — | — | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of hageln (weak, auxiliary haben)
| perfect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hat gehagelt | — | es habe gehagelt | — | ||
| pluperfect | |||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hatte gehagelt | — | es hätte gehagelt | — | ||
| future i | |||||
| infinitive | hageln werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde hageln | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird hageln | — | es würde hageln | — | ||
| future ii | |||||
| infinitive | gehagelt haben werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde gehagelt haben | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird gehagelt haben | — | es würde gehagelt haben | — | ||