Get to know Heligoland better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Heligoland in a sentence
Heligoland meaning
A small island of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in the North Sea.
Using Heligoland
- The main meaning on this page is: A small island of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in the North Sea.
- In the example corpus, heligoland often appears in combinations such as: heligoland bight, of heligoland.
Context around Heligoland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heligoland
- In this selection, "heligoland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, near and bight stand out and add context to how "heligoland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include battle of heligoland bight in and entered the heligoland bight the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heligoland" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heligoland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Battlecruisers in action The first combat involving battlecruisers during World War I was the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914. (21 words)
On 24 September 1900 radio telegraphy signals were exchanged regularly with the island of Heligoland over a distance of 62 km. (21 words)
A force of British light cruisers and destroyers entered the Heligoland Bight (the part of the North Sea closest to Hamburg ) to attack German destroyer patrols. (26 words)
L 1 was lost on 9 September near Heligoland when caught in a storm while taking part in an exercise with the German fleet. 14 crew members drowned, the first fatalities in a Zeppelin accident. (35 words)
A force of British light cruisers and destroyers entered the Heligoland Bight (the part of the North Sea closest to Hamburg ) to attack German destroyer patrols. (26 words)
Battlecruisers in action The first combat involving battlecruisers during World War I was the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
A force of British light cruisers and destroyers entered the Heligoland Bight (the part of the North Sea closest to Hamburg ) to attack German destroyer patrols.
Battlecruisers in action The first combat involving battlecruisers during World War I was the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914.
L 1 was lost on 9 September near Heligoland when caught in a storm while taking part in an exercise with the German fleet. 14 crew members drowned, the first fatalities in a Zeppelin accident.
On 24 September 1900 radio telegraphy signals were exchanged regularly with the island of Heligoland over a distance of 62 km.
Common combinations with heligoland
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- heligoland bight 2×
- of heligoland 2×