"Quelle" meaning in German

See Quelle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkvɛlə/, [ˈkʋɛlə] Audio: De-at-Quelle.ogg [Austria], De-Quelle.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: From Middle High German quelle, from Old High German quella, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|quelle}} Middle High German quelle, {{inh|de|goh|quella}} Old High German quella, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*kwalljā|t=spring, well}} Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Quelle f (genitive Quelle, plural Quellen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Quelle [genitive], Quellen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Quelle [nominative, singular], Quellen [definite, nominative, plural], Quelle [genitive, singular], Quellen [definite, genitive, plural], Quelle [dative, singular], Quellen [dative, definite, plural], Quelle [accusative, singular], Quellen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (origin of a river or stream) spring Tags: feminine Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-Quelle-de-noun-YipJTT6o Disambiguation of Landforms: 54 4 42 Topics: origin
  2. well (oil, gas) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Quelle-de-noun-6ba8O7~J
  3. source Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Quelle-de-noun-Qc9nlLpC Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 17 5 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kwelle [obsolete] Derived forms: quellenartig Related terms: Quellbecken, Quellen-Telekommunikationsüberwachung, Quellenangabe, Quellenkritik, Quellenverweis, Quellenverzeichnis, Quellfluss, Quellort, Quellwasser, Quell
Hyponyms: Abwasserquelle, Bierquelle, Energiequelle, Erwerbsquelle, Fehlerquelle, Geldquelle, Lichtquelle, Literaturquelle, Mineralquelle, Nachrichtenquelle, Nahrungsquelle, Ölquelle, Primärquelle, Stromquelle, Urquelle, Vitaminquelle, Wasserquelle

Inflected forms

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