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Schwelle
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schwelle
German
Etymology
From de gmh swelle, from de goh swelli, swella, from de gem-pro *swalī, from de ine-pro *swel-, ine-pro *sel- piece of wood; beam, post, balk, board, threshold, sill.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃvɛlə/
de De-Schwelle.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
threshold
de rail transport de Bahnschwelle: railroad tie, railway sleeper
7 31 ›Dorthin!‹ sagte sie zu sich selbst, indem sie in den Schatten blickte, den der Wagen warf, und ihre Augen auf den mit Kohlen vermischten Sand richtete, mit dem die Schwellen bedeckt waren. "There," she said to herself, looking into the shadow of the carriage, at the sand and coal dust which covered the sleepers— "there, in the very middle, and I will punish him and escape from everyone and from myself."
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Schwellenpflug Schwellenreißer Schwellenfigur Schwellenzeit unterschwellig
Descendants
da svelle 1
Further reading
de Rail transportation