Quell

See also: quell and quell'

German

Etymology

Variant of Quelle f.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kvɛl/

Noun

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

  1. (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 quote)

Declension
Declension of Quell [masculine, strong]
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 uncommon, see notes.

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German quella, from Proto-Germanic *kwellǭ. Cognate with German Quelle, Dutch kwel, English quell.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kvæl/, [kwæl]

Noun

Quell f (plural Quellen)

  1. source
  2. spring
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