fääle
See also: faale
Alemannic German edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German vælen, vēlen, from Old French falir, faillir, from Latin fallere. Cognate with German fehlen.
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fääle (third-person singular simple present fäält, past participle gfäält, past subjunctive fäälti, auxiliary haa)
- to lack
- to be the matter, to be wrong
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili, page 5:
- Nu, d' Bäsi ist ä gueti Frau:
„Säg Chind, was fählt der allerlei?“- (please add an English translation of this quotation)