Gewölle

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gewel, gewelle, from Middle High German wullen, wüllen, willen (“to vomit”), from Old High German willōn, wullōn.[1] Not related to German Wolle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈvœlə/
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Rhymes: -œlə
Hyphenation: Ge‧wöl‧le

Noun

Gewölle n (strong, genitive Gewölles, plural Gewölle)

(falconry, ornithology) pellet (compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated especially by birds of prey)
Synonym: Speiballen

Declension

Declension of Gewölle [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gewölle	die	Gewölle
genitive	eines	des	Gewölles	der	Gewölle
dative	einem	dem	Gewölle	den	Gewöllen
accusative	ein	das	Gewölle	die	Gewölle

Derived terms

Gewölleanalyse

References

Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Gewölle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 323

Further reading

Gewölle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Gewölle” in Duden online
“Gewölle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Gewölle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Gewölle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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