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Fell

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English

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Etymology 1

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  • As an English surname, from the noun fell (“crag, rocky highland”).
  • As an English, Jewish, and German surname, from Fell (“pelt, fur”) or its Yiddish equivalent. Compare Pilcher.

Proper noun

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Fell

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A municipality in Trier-Saarland district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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Fell (plural Fells)

  1. Ellipsis of Fell pony.
    • 2016, Fern Collins, The Noble Horse, page 126:
      Fells are usually pure black with no white markings, but bay, gray, and brown are also possible.
  2. (uncountable, rail transport) Ellipsis of Fell mountain railway system, named after John Barraclough Fell.
    • 1957 June, F. K. Pearson, “The Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 426:
      This line [the Snaefell Mountain Railway] is the world's only example of an electrically-operated railway with a Fell central rail.

German

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Etymology

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From Old High German vel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Fell n (strong, genitive Felles or Fells, plural Felle, diminutive Fellchen n)

  1. fur, pelt (hairy skin of an animal)
  2. hide (the detached, tanned skin of an animal)

Declension

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Declension of Fell [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Fell die Felle
genitive eines des Felles, Fells der Felle
dative einem dem Fell, Felle1 den Fellen
accusative ein das Fell die Felle

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

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See also

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Further reading

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