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Fels.

rock

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɛls/
  1. rock

    masculine · mixed · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German vels, from Old High German felis, from Proto-West Germanic *falis, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-, *pelis- (“rock, cliff”). Compare Old Norse fjall (“rock, mountain”), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”), Old Irish ail (“cliff”). The variant Felsen emerged from the oblique cases.

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