Falle

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See also: falle, fallé, fälle, and Fälle

German

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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Falle

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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Noun

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Falle

  1. plural of Fall