Falle

See also: falle, fallé, fälle, and Fälle

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalə/
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  • Rhymes: -alə

Etymology 1

From Middle High German valle, Old High German falla, deverbal from fallen.

Compare typologically Czech past, Polish zapadnia, Russian западня́ (zapadnjá) (akin to па́дать (pádatʹ), па́сть (pástʹ)).

Noun

Falle f (genitive Falle, plural Fallen)

  1. trap, snare
  2. (of a door) spring latch
  3. (colloquial, regional) bed
    Ich hau mich in die Falle. ― I'm going to bed. (literally, “I'm beating myself into the trap.”)
Declension
Declension of Falle [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Falle die Fallen
genitive einer der Falle der Fallen
dative einer der Falle den Fallen
accusative eine die Falle die Fallen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Falle

  1. (archaic) dative singular of Fall
    In diesem Falle … ― In this case …

Further reading

  • “Falle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Falle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Falle” in Duden online
  • Falle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Falle

  1. plural of Fall
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