See also: falle, fallé, fälle, and Fälle

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalə/
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  • Rhymes: -alə

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German valle, Old High German falla, deverbal from fallen.

Noun edit

Falle f (genitive Falle, plural Fallen)

  1. trap, snare
  2. (of a door) spring latch
  3. (colloquial, regional) bed
    Ich hau mich in die Falle.I'm going to bed. (literally, “I'm beating myself into the trap.”)
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

Falle

  1. (archaic) dative singular of Fall
    In diesem Falle …In this case …

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

  1. plural of Fall