Fohlen
German
Alternative forms
- Füllen (dated)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German folo, a masculine weak noun. Old High German fulīn (whence modern Füllen) is originally a diminutive of the same root. The development by which the two words were perceived as mere phonetic variants started in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German (Middle Low German volen vs. völlen). Thereby the word became neuter and took the nominative ending -en. Cognate with Dutch veulen.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fohlen n (genitive Fohlens, plural Fohlen)
Declension
Proper noun
Fohlen (pl)
- (sports) nickname of Borussia Mönchengladbach football team
Further reading
- “Fohlen” in Duden online