Delle
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Delle
- A female given name
Etymology 2 edit
French, from Middle French Deyle, from Medieval Latin Dadila, from Late Latin Datira.
Proper noun edit
Delle
- A commune in Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on the border with Switzerland.
References edit
- Dictionnaire topographique du département du Haut-Rhin - Georges Stoffel (1868).
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German telle, from Old High German *tella, utimately from Proto-Germanic *daljō.
The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German delle). The form Tell(e) persists dialectally. Cognate with Dutch (dialectal) del and English dell.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Delle f (genitive Delle, plural Dellen)
- dent
- Nach dem Unfall hatte ich eine tiefe Delle in der Motorhaube.
- After the accident I had a deep dent in my car’s bonnet.
- hollow
Declension edit
Declension of Delle [feminine]