Tal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tal"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew טל (tal, “dew”).

Proper noun

Tal (plural Tals)

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
2. A surname from Hebrew.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tal is the 40800^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Tal is most common among White (87.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• ATL, Alt, Alt., Atl., LAT, LTA, Lat., TLA, alt, alt-, alt., lat, lat.

German

Alternative forms

• Thal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German tal, from Old High German tal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Cognate with Danish dal, Dutch dal, English dale, Swedish dal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːl/, [tʰäːl]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Tal n (strong, genitive Tales or Tals, plural Täler)

1. valley
   • 1995, Hans Schmid, Urs A. Jaeggi, Ossola-Täler. Zwischen Nufenenpass, Lago Maggiore und Monte Rosa. 52 ausgewählte Wanderungen, Bergverlag Rother GmbH, page 20:

     So hat der Verlag Grossi in Domodossola ein gutes Dutzend Wanderbücher über die einzelnen Täler der Ossola herausgegeben. Seine Buchhandlung an der Piazza del Mercato ist eine Fundgrube für Wanderliteratur und Karten, aber auch für Geschichte und Kultur der Täler.

     The Grossi publishing house in Domodossola has published a dozen hiking books about the individual valleys of the Ossola. His bookstore in Piazza del Mercato is not only a treasure trove of hiking literature and maps, but also the history and culture of the valleys.

Declension

Declension of Tal [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tal	die	Täler
genitive	eines	des	Tales, Tals	der	Täler
dative	einem	dem	Tal, Tale1	den	Tälern
accusative	ein	das	Tal	die	Täler

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Bachtal
• Bergtal
• Flusstal
• Gebirgstal
• Haupttal
• Konjunkturtal
• Kurvental
• Leistungstal
• Moseltal
• Nebental
• Obertal
• Talbahn
• Talbecken
• Talhang
• Talnebel
• Talsee
• Talsenke
• Talsohle
• Talsperre
• Talwiese
• Untertal
• Urstromtal

 

Further reading

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