Feminine

Delle

Meaning

  1. (feminine) dent
  2. (feminine) hollow

Frequency

24k
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

buck

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bugg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

duele

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɛlə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German telle, from Old High German *tella, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *daljō. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German delle). The form Tell(e) persists dialectally. Cognate with Dutch (dialectal) del and English dell.

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