Quell

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See also: quell and quell'

German

Etymology

Variant of Quelle f.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kvɛl/
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Noun

Quell m (strong, genitive Quelles or Quells, plural Quelle)

(poetic) source
Quell der Freude ― source of joy
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag:
  Delitzsch selbst, der Quell so mancher Heiterkeit, verbreitete Trauer in der Neuteutonia.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Quell

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Quell	die	Quelle
genitive	eines	des	Quelles, Quells	der	Quelle
dative	einem	dem	Quell, Quelle¹	den	Quellen
accusative	einen	den	Quell	die	Quelle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Quell” in Duden online
“Quell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Quell” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German quelle, from Old High German quella, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kvæl/,

Noun

Quell f (plural Quellen)

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