Quell
German edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Quelle f.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Quell m (strong, genitive Quelles or Quells, plural Quelle)
- (poetic) source
- Quell der Freude ― source of joy
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag:
- Delitzsch selbst, der Quell so mancher Heiterkeit, verbreitete Trauer in der Neuteutonia.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Quell [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Quell” in Duden online
- “Quell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Quell” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German quelle, from Old High German quella, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Quell f (plural Quellen)