Delle

See also: delle and dêlle

English

Proper noun

Delle

1. A female given name

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German telle. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German delle). The form Tell(e) persists dialectally. Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Derived terms

• eindellen

Further reading

• “Delle” in Duden online