Delle

See also: delle and dêlle

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Delle

  1. A female given name.

Etymology 2

From French, from Middle French Deyle, from Medieval Latin Dadila, from Late Latin Datira.

Proper noun

Delle

  1. A commune in Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on the border with Switzerland.

References

  • Dictionnaire topographique du département du Haut-Rhin - Georges Stoffel (1868).

German

Etymology

From Middle High German telle, from Old High German *tella, utimately from Proto-Germanic *daljō.

The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German delle). The form Tell(e) persists dialectally. Cognate with Dutch (dialectal) del and English dell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛlə/
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Noun

Delle f (genitive Delle, plural Dellen)

  1. dent
    Nach dem Unfall hatte ich eine tiefe Delle in der Motorhaube.
    After the accident I had a deep dent in my car’s bonnet.
  2. hollow

Declension

Declension of Delle [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Delle die Dellen
genitive einer der Delle der Dellen
dative einer der Delle den Dellen
accusative eine die Delle die Dellen

Derived terms

  • eindellen

Further reading

  • “Delle” in Duden online
  • “Delle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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