Delle

See also: delle and dêlle

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Delle

1. A female given name

Etymology 2

From French, from Middle French Deyle, from Medieval Latin Dadila, from Late Latin Datira.

Proper noun

Delle

1. A commune in Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on the border with Switzerland.

References

• Dictionnaire topographique du département du Haut-Rhin - Georges Stoffel (1868).

German

Etymology

From Middle High German telle, from Old High German *tella, utimately from Proto-Germanic *daljō.

The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German delle). The form Tell(e) persists dialectally. Cognate with Dutch (dialectal) del and English dell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlə/

• Audio:

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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.

2. hollow

Declension

Declension of Delle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Delle	die	Dellen
genitive	einer	der	Delle	der	Dellen
dative	einer	der	Delle	den	Dellen
accusative	eine	die	Delle	die	Dellen

Derived terms

• eindellen

Further reading

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