Feminine

Fahne

Meaning

  1. (feminine) flag, banner (any cloth or fabric used as a symbol)
  2. (feminine, figuratively) idea, ideal
  3. (colloquial, feminine) the noticeable smell of alcohol on one's breath
  4. (feminine) galley proof
  5. (feminine) vane (flattened, web-like part of a feather)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

faane

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfaːnə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German van(e) m, from Old High German fano, from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô (“cloth, flag”), from Proto-Indo-European *pān- (“fabric”). The shift to the feminine gender began in cognate Middle Low German vāne and, through Central German, established itself in the written language by the end of the 17th century.

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