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Meanings

  1. literaryshrill

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Particle

  1. Alsace · Austria · Liechtenstein · Southern-Germany · Switzerland · colloquial · regionalemphasis and question marker particle; asks for confirmation; right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?

    Wir gehen, gell?We’re going, aren’t we?

  2. Austrian German · Swiss Standard German · colloquial · Süddeutschland · Elsassisn't it / isn’t it; right

    „Schönes Wetter heute, gell?“ „Draußen, gell?“

Examples

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Gell, der Tom sitzt grad im Häfen?Tom's in jail now, isn't he?
Es sind immer noch Fehler drinnen, gell?There are still bugs remaining, right.
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Heute haben wir nicht viel weitergebracht, gell?We didn't get much done today, did we?
Bier ist nur flüssiges Brot, gell?Beer is just liquid bread, right?
Du hast ihn nicht mitgebracht, gell?You didn't bring it with you, did you?
Du wirst das wohl alleine tun müssen, gell?You're going to have to do that by yourself, aren't you?
Du willst doch einmal so groß und stark wie Tom werden, gell?You want to grow up to be big and strong like Tom, don't you?