Schwalbe

schwalbe English Proper noun en aviation military The World War II Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter. German Etymology de gem-pro 1 From de gmh swalwe, from de goh swalwa, from de gmw-pro *swalwā. Cognate with dum swaluwe (modern nl zwaluw), osx swala, ang swealwe (modern en swallow), Old Norse non svala (da svale, sv svala). The football sense from a saying „Der fliegt wie ’ne Schwalbe!“ (“The man flies like a swallow!”), or the like, punning on de fliegen in the sense of “to fall”. Compare de hinfliegen to fall down. Pronunciation de /ˈʃvalbə/ [ˈʃʋälbə] de De-Schwalbe.OGG de De-Schwalbe2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f swallow, martin small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family de sports soccer dive deliberate fall, simulated foul de aviation military Schwalbe WWII Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter Declension f Hyponyms de Bordsteinschwalbe Fuchsschwalbe Mehlschwalbe Rauchschwalbe Rötelschwalbe Seeschwalbe Uferschwalbe Derived terms de schwalbenartig Related terms de Schwalbenschwanz Schwalbennest Descendants 1 nl schwalbe 1 szl šwalbkowate compounded with native word Further reading de Swallows