Falle
Appearance
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German valle, Old High German falla, deverbal from fallen.
Noun
[edit]Falle f (genitive Falle, plural Fallen)
- trap, snare
- (of a door) spring latch
- (colloquial, regional) bed
- Ich hau mich in die Falle. ― I'm going to bed. (literally, “I'm beating myself into the trap.”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Falle [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]Falle
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Noun
[edit]Falle
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- Rhymes:German/alə
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