Falle
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German valle, Old High German falla, deverbal from fallen.
Noun edit
Falle f (genitive Falle, plural Fallen)
- trap, snare
- (of a door) spring latch
- (colloquial, regional) bed
- Ich hau mich in die Falle. ― I'm going to bed. (literally, “I'm beating myself into the trap.”)
Declension edit
Declension of Falle [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
Falle
Further reading edit
- “Falle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Falle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Falle” in Duden online
- Falle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Pennsylvania German edit
Noun edit
Falle