fääle

See also: faale

Alemannic German

Alternative forms
  • fäälä, fèèle

Etymology

From Middle High German vælen, vēlen, from Old French falir, faillir, from Latin fallere. Cognate with German fehlen.

Pronunciation
  • (Zurich) IPA(key): /ˈfɛːlə/

Verb

fääle (third-person singular simple present fäält, past participle gfäält, past subjunctive fäälti, auxiliary haa)

  1. to lack
  2. to be the matter, to be wrong
    • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili, p. 5:
      Nu, d' Bäsi ist ä gueti Frau:
      „Säg Chind, was fählt der allerlei?“
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