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Falle

Meaning

  1. (feminine) trap, snare
  2. (feminine) spring latch
  3. (colloquial, feminine, regional) bed

Fall

  1. (masculine, strong) fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
  2. (masculine, strong) fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces)
  3. (masculine, strong) fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc.
  4. (masculine, strong) case (actual event, situation, or fact)
  5. (masculine, strong) case (instance or event as a topic of study)
  6. (masculine, strong) case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
  7. (masculine, strong) case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
  8. (masculine, strong) case (kind of inflection of a nominal)

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

falle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hääre

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfalə/
Etymology

In summary

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)).

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