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

• (Zürich) 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, page 5:

     Nu, d' Bäsi ist ä gueti Frau:
     „Säg Chind, was fählt der allerlei?“

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