Spalte

Meaning

  1. (feminine) fissure, cleft, crevice, crack, crevasse
  2. (feminine) column (of text)
  3. (Austria, feminine) slice (of fruit)
  4. (feminine, slang, vulgar) vagina; hole, slit

Spalt

  1. (masculine, strong) crack
  2. (masculine, strong) split, cleavage, fissure

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

spalte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glimse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gluft

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gspalt

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ritz

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spalt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃpaltə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German spalde, variant of spalt, from Old High German spalt.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes