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"1": "pdc",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "helle"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German helle",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "goh",
"3": "hellia"
},
"expansion": "Old High German hellia",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hallju"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hallju",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Hölle"
},
"expansion": "German Hölle",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "hel"
},
"expansion": "Dutch hel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hell"
},
"expansion": "English hell",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German helle, from Old High German hellia, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju. Compare German Hölle, Dutch hel, English hell.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "noun",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "Hell f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"lang_code": "pdc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
"Pennsylvania German feminine nouns",
"Pennsylvania German lemmas",
"Pennsylvania German nouns",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"hell"
],
"links": [
[
"hell",
"hell"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "Hell"
}
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