hageln
hail
Es bedeutet, dass kleine Eiskörner vom Himmel fallen und auf den Boden prallen.
The German word "hageln" is a verb that means "to hail". It relates specifically to the weather phenomenon where frozen precipitation in the form of small, round pellets of ice - known as hailstones - falls from the sky. Similar words in German include "schneien" (to snow) and "regnen" (to rain).
- Schneien (to snow) refers to the falling of snowflakes, which are soft and fluffy flakes of ice.
- Regnen (to rain) describes the falling of liquid water droplets.
The difference lies in the type of precipitation:
- "Hageln" refers to hard ice pellets.
- "Schneien" refers to delicate, crystalline ice flakes.
- "Regnen" involves liquid water droplets.
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Examples
Es hagelt draußen sehr stark.verb
It's hailing very heavily outside.
Im Winter kann es manchmal hageln.verb
In winter it can sometimes hail.
Im Sommer kann es manchmal unerwartet hageln.verb
In the summer it can sometimes hail unexpectedly.
Im Winter hagelt es öfter.verb
In winter it hails more often.
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