Delle
English
Proper noun
Delle
- A female given name
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
Noun
Delle f (genitive Delle, plural Dellen)
- 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.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Delle” in Duden online
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