verb
to hail
B1
hageln means 'to hail' (weather verb). It's a regular weak verb, non-reflexive and non-separable. It forms Perfekt with haben: hat gehagelt; Präteritum hagelte. No stem changes. Used impersonally for weather (Es hagelt). Not modal; common in weather reports and forecasts.
Examples
Es hagelte gestern.
It hailed yesterday.
Es hagelt.
It's hailing.
Es hat stark gehagelt.
It hailed heavily.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture little ice 'haggling' their way down from the sky — hailstones bouncing off the roof.
Sounds a bit like 'haggle' — imagine small stones 'haggle-ing' at the ground.
Notes
Impersonal verb commonly used in weather reports (only 3rd-person singular 'hagelt' is natural: 'es hagelt'). Therefore personal forms other than 3rd-person-singular have been marked 'not applicable'. Passive is not applicable. Imperative forms are not applicable. These choices reflect real-world usage and the restriction that conjugation values must not include pronouns.