Schwalbe.
swallow, martin (small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family)
Meaning & usage
swallow, martin (small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family)
dive (deliberate fall, simulated foul)
Schwalbe (WWII Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German swalwe, from Old High German swalwa, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā. Cognate with Middle Dutch swaluwe (modern Dutch zwaluw), Old Saxon swala, Old English swealwe (modern English swallow), Old Norse svala (Danish svale, Swedish svala). The football sense from a saying „Der fliegt wie ’ne Schwalbe!“ (“The man flies like a swallow!”), or the like, punning on fliegen in the sense of “to fall”. Compare hinfliegen (“to fall down”).
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