German

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)

Synonyms

• (case, sheath): Hülse

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German

Verb

hülle

1. First-person singular present of hüllen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of hüllen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of hüllen.
4. Imperative singular of hüllen.