Schwalbe
See also: schwalbe
English edit
Proper noun edit
Schwalbe
- (aviation, military) The World War II Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter.
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German swalwe, from Old High German swalwa, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā. Cognate with Middle Dutch swaluwe (modern Dutch zwaluw), Old Saxon swala, Old English swealwe (modern English swallow), Old Norse svala (Danish svale, Swedish svala).
The football sense from a saying „Der fliegt wie ’ne Schwalbe!“ (“The man flies like a swallow!”), or the like, punning on fliegen in the sense of “to fall”. Compare hinfliegen (“to fall down”).
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Noun edit
Schwalbe f (genitive Schwalbe, plural Schwalben)
- swallow, martin (small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family)
- (sports, soccer) dive (deliberate fall, simulated foul)
- (aviation, military) Schwalbe (WWII Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter)
Declension edit
Declension of Schwalbe [feminine]
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Descendants edit
- → Dutch: schwalbe
- → Silesian: šwalbkowate (compounded with native word)