Spalte
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See also: spalte
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German spalde, variant of spalt, from Old High German spalt.[1]
Noun
[edit]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.
- 1992, Christine Modesto, Studien zur Cena Cypriani und zu deren Rezeption, Gunter Narr Verlag, page 127:
- (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
Declension
[edit]Declension of Spalte [feminine]
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]Spalte
References
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