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German
Etymology
Originally a nominalisation of falb, then declined like a weak noun (ein Falbe instead of ein Falber).
Pronunciation
Noun
Falbe m (weak, genitive Falben, plural Falben)
- claybank (pale or dun-coloured horse; male or of unspecified sex)
Declension
Alternative forms
Noun
Falbe f (genitive Falbe, plural Falben)
- claybank (of female sex)
1909, Thomas Mann, Königliche Hoheit, page 328; republished as A. Cecil Curtis, transl., Royal Highness, 1916:Die Gräfin Löwenjoul ritt eine große Falbe namens Isabeau. Sie saß vortrefflich zu Pferde, unterstützt von ihrer hohen und straffen Gestalt; aber ihren kleinen Kopf im Herrenhut hielt sie zur Seite geneigt, und ihre Lider waren zwinkernd zusammengezogen.- Countess Löwenjoul rode a big cream called Isabeau. She had an excellent seat, with her tall, straight figure, but she held her small head in its huge hat on one side, and her lids were half closed and twitched.
- (archaic) blonde; fairheaded woman
a. 1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Nett und niedlich”, in Epigrammatisch:Hast du das Mädchen gesehn / Flüchtig vorübergehn? / Wollt, sie wär meine Braut! / Jawohl! die Blonde, die Falbe!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Falbe” in Duden online
- “Falbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache