Falle
German, noun
Falle is a German feminine noun meaning “trap, snare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, falle is a different word: “first-person singular present of fallen”. With an umlaut, Fälle is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fall”. On this page, fälle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorrichtung zum Fangen von Wildtieren”.
What does Falle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrap, snare
- 2
femininespring latch
- 3
colloquialfemininebed
Ich hau mich in die Falle.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present of fallen
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fall
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorrichtung zum Fangen von Wildtieren 2. Konstrukt zum Fangen, Festhalten, Überlisten, Hinterhalt 3. Regelungseinrichtung für den Wasserfluss an Fließgewässern 4. Teil eines Türschlosses, der die Tür im Anschlag hält, nachdem sie „ins Schloss gefallen ist“; Türklinke, Klinke
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Falle
- Fallen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Falle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Falle in German?
Falle appears 50 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).