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Hals

neck

noun HALS Less Common

Also means

throat

Usage Note

Hals means both neck and throat; Halsschmerzen is a sore throat. It is rich in idiom: etwas in den falschen Hals bekommen means to take something the wrong way. The plural takes umlaut, Hälse.

Examples

"Bei der Erkältung tat ihm der Hals weh."

Natural Translation

His throat hurt with the cold.

Literal Translation

At the cold did him the throat hurt.

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