Schwelle

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German swelle, from Old High German swelli, swella, from Proto-Germanic *swalī, from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“piece of wood; beam, post, balk, board, threshold, sill”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛlə/ === Noun === Schwelle f (genitive Schwelle, plural Schwellen) threshold (rail transport) ellipsis of Bahnschwelle: railroad tie, railway sleeper ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: svelle === Further reading === “Schwelle” in Duden online “Schwelle”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)