Hebbel

[ heb-uh l ]

/ ˈhɛb əl /

noun

(Chris·ti·an) Frie·drich

[kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/,1813–63, German lyric poet and playwright.

QUIZZES

THIS WEEK’S WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ IS POSITIVELY FELICIFIC

Do you study our Words of the Day with great assiduity? See how many you remember from March 30 to April 5!

Question 1 of 7

transliterate

to remove or destroy all traces of.

to change (letters, words, etc.), into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.

to explain in terms that can be more easily understood.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for hebbel

With less success Sudermann attempted in Johannes a tragedy on lines suggested by Hebbel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7|Various
Most charmingly Hebbel describes his first experience of love, when but four years old.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
To comfort himself he read Hebbel's Life; and for a time he thought of going to America.
Musicians of To-Day|Romain Rolland
Hebbel, especially, must be regarded as the most original and revolutionary German dramatist of the 19th century.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hebbel

Hebbel

/ (German ˈhɛbəl) /

noun

Christian Friedrich (ˈkrɪstian ˈfriːdrɪç). 1813–63, German dramatist and lyric poet, whose historical works were influenced by Hegel; his major plays are Maria Magdalena (1844), Herodes und Marianne (1850), and the trilogy Die Nibelungen (1862)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012