feilen

Meaning

to file

Frequency

36k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fyyle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈfaɪ̯lən]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vīlen, Old High German fīhalōn, ultimately from the root of Feile (“tool for smoothing a hard material”).

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