Schwalbe

Meaning

1. (feminine) swallow, martin (small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family)
2. (feminine) dive (deliberate fall, simulated foul)
3. (feminine) Schwalbe (WWII Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter)

Concepts

swallow

dive

swallow

martin

sparrow

swallows

simulation

drinking

little bird

penis

bird

🐦

small person

Synonyms

Spatz

Sperling

Penis

hinunterschlucken

kleiner Vogel

Vogel

🐦

Landstreicher

Translations

rondine

hirondelle

golondrina

zwaluw

andorinha

kırlangıç

hirundo

χελιδόνι

oreneta

سنونو

ironda

aronde

rondini

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

schwalbe

Basel-Landschaft

schwalm

Basel-Landschaft

spyyr

Basel-Landschaft

spyyri

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃvalbə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: swalwe

Inherited from Old High German: swalwa

Cognate with Middle Dutch: swaluwe

Cognate with Dutch: zwaluw

Cognate with Old Saxon: swala

Cognate with Old English: swealwe

Cognate with English: swallow

Cognate with Danish: svale

Cognate with Swedish: svala

In summary

From Middle High German swalwe, from Old High German swalwa, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā. Cognate with Middle Dutch swaluwe (modern Dutch zwaluw), Old Saxon swala, Old English swealwe (modern English swallow), Old Norse svala (Danish svale, Swedish svala).
The football sense from a saying „Der fliegt wie ’ne Schwalbe!“ (“The man flies like a swallow!”), or the like, punning on fliegen in the sense of “to fall”. Compare hinfliegen (“to fall down”).

Sentences

Aus dieser Perspektive sieht es eher nach einer Schwalbe aus .

From this perspective, it looks more like a swallow.