Falle

See also: falle, fallé, fälle, and Fälle

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfalə/
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Rhymes: -alə

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Declension of Falle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Falle	die	Fallen
genitive	einer	der	Falle	der	Fallen
dative	einer	der	Falle	den	Fallen
accusative	eine	die	Falle	die	Fallen

Derived terms

Abseitsfalle
Agentenfalle
Armutsfalle
Bärenfalle
Fangfalle
Fischfalle
Fliegenfalle
Fotofalle
Globalisierungsfalle
Ionenfalle
Jagdfalle
Kastenfalle
Liebesfalle
Mausefalle
Radarfalle
Schlagfalle
Schlossfalle
Schnappfalle
Schuldenfalle
Tierfalle
Touristenfalle
Türfalle
Wippbrettfalle

Related terms

Fallenjagd
Fallenmechanismus
Fallenstellen
Fallensteller

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Falle

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

Further reading

“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

Noun

Falle

plural of Fall

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