Gewölle

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German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gewel, gewelle, from Middle High German wullen, wüllen, willen (“to vomit”), from Old High German willōn, wullōn.[1] Not related to German Wolle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈvœlə/
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  • Rhymes: -œlə
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧wöl‧le

Noun

Gewölle n (strong, genitive Gewölles, plural Gewölle)

  1. (falconry, ornithology) pellet (compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated especially by birds of prey)
    Synonym: Speiballen

Declension

Declension of Gewölle
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gewölle die Gewölle
genitive eines des Gewölles der Gewölle
dative einem dem Gewölle den Gewöllen
accusative ein das Gewölle die Gewölle

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Gewölle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 323

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