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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German spalde, variant of spalt, from Old High German spalt.
Noun
Spalte f (genitive Spalte, plural Spalten)
- fissure, cleft, crevice, crack, crevasse
Tiefe Spalten im Mauerwerk waren die Folge des Erdbebens.- Deep cracks in the stonework were the result of the earthquake.
- column (of text)
- 1992, Christine Modesto, Studien zur Cena Cypriani und zu deren Rezeption, Gunter Narr Verlag, page 127:
Der Text ist jeweils in zwei Spalten pro Seite angeordnet, jede Seite in 52–55 Zeilen unterteilt.- The text is arranged in two columns per page, each page subdivided into 52–55 lines.
- (Austria) slice (of fruit)
Gib mir auch eine Spalte der Orange zum Kosten.- Give me a slice of the orange to taste too.
2020, Clemens J. Setz, chapter 2, in Die Bienen und das Unsichtbare, →ISBN:Ein anderes Mal bot ich ihm eine Mandarinenspalte an und träufelte ein wenig der köstlichen süßen Flüssigkeit auf seine Lippen […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (vulgar, slang) vagina; hole, slit
2014, Loriot, edited by Susanne von Bülow, Peter Geyer, and OA Krimmel, Der ganz offene Brief, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, →ISBN:Also ihr Männer, wer möchte meine unbefriedigte Spalte? Jetzt anrufen unter 0123 - 4123.- So, men, who wants my unsatisfied pussy? Call now at 0123-4123.
Declension
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
Spalte
- nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Spalt
- (archaic) dative singular of Spalt
References
Further reading
- “Spalte” in Duden online
- “Spalte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache