Forelle

English

Etymology

From German Forelle (“trout”), because of its speckled coloration.

Noun

Forelle (plural Forelles)

1. A pear cultivar

Anagrams

• Le Flore, LeFlore, Leflore, elflore

German

Etymology

With irregular stress shift (as in Holunder, lebendig, etc.) from Middle High German forhel, alteration of older forhen, from Old High German forhana, from Proto-Germanic *furhnō, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“speckled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈrɛlə/, [foˈʁɛlə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Fo‧rel‧le
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

Forelle f (genitive Forelle, plural Forellen)

1. trout

Declension

Declension of Forelle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Forelle	die	Forellen
genitive	einer	der	Forelle	der	Forellen
dative	einer	der	Forelle	den	Forellen
accusative	eine	die	Forelle	die	Forellen

Related terms

• Bachforelle f
• Europäische Forelle f
• Forelle blau
• Meerforelle f
• Regenbogenforelle f
• Stahlkopfforelle f

Descendants

• → Dutch: forel
• → Estonian: forell
• → Latvian: forele
• → Russian: форе́ль (forélʹ)
  • Ossetian: фалер (faler), балер (baler), валер (valer)
• → Swedish: forell
• → Ukrainian: форе́ль (forélʹ)

Further reading

• “Forelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Forelle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Forelle” in Duden online