Falle
Meaning
- (feminine) trap, snare
- (feminine) spring latch
- (colloquial, feminine, regional) bed
Fall
- (masculine, strong) fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
- (masculine, strong) fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces)
- (masculine, strong) fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc.
- (masculine, strong) case (actual event, situation, or fact)
- (masculine, strong) case (instance or event as a topic of study)
- (masculine, strong) case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
- (masculine, strong) case (piece of work subject to case handling in an authority, court, customer support etc.)
- (masculine, strong) case (kind of inflection of a nominal)
Concepts
Synonyms
Ruhelager
Schlafplatz
Schlafstatt
Schlafstelle
Bärenfalle
Fangeisen
Trap
Tierfalle
Bettstatt
Heiabett
Pofe
Bettstelle
Fanggerät
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
falle
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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