Weilchen — meaning in English

English meaning

• spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
• while noun A period of time, especially one of uncertain or moderate length.

Senses

Weilchen is used for these senses in English:

• spell (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]
• while An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

spell — full definition

1. noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
2. verb To write or say the letters that make up a word, in the correct order.
3. verb To indicate or signal that something is likely to happen.
4. noun A short period of time doing a particular activity, or a stretch of a certain kind of weather.

while — full definition

1. noun A period of time, especially one of uncertain or moderate length.
2. conj During the same time that something else happens.
3. conj Used to introduce a contrast, similar to "whereas" or "although".

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