Fahne

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German van(e) m, from Old High German fano, from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô (“cloth, flag”), from Proto-Indo-European *pān- (“fabric”). The shift to the feminine gender began in cognate Middle Low German vāne and, through Central German, established itself in the written language by the end of the 17th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaːnə/ Hyphenation: Fah‧ne Homophone: Farne (some speakers) === Noun === Fahne f (genitive Fahne, plural Fahnen, diminutive Fähnchen n or Fähnlein n) flag, banner (any cloth or fabric used as a symbol) Synonyms: Flagge, Banner, Standarte (figurative) idea, ideal Synonyms: Idee, Prinzip, Motto (colloquial) the noticeable smell of alcohol on one's breath Synonyms: Alkoholfahne, Alkoholgeruch (printing) galley proof Synonym: Druckfahne (ornithology) vane (flattened, web-like part of a feather) Synonyms: Federfahne, Vexillum ==== Usage notes ==== Flags of nations or ships are more commonly called Flagge, but Fahne (being the more general term) is also possible. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Silesian: fana === Further reading === “Fahne” in Duden online “Fahne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Fahne”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891